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which fortunately held calm, we got safely off. It 

 was necessary now to inspect the launch's bottom. 

 We therefore grounded her in Hopedale Harbour, 

 and at low tide examined her outer casing. She 

 proved to be nastily dinted in one or two places: 

 a bit of her keel was gone, and a few inches of 

 copper torn off here and there, but her hull was 

 still as sound as a drum. Not so her shaft. We 

 found that it had worn very considerably inside 

 the propeller, and the outer end had so dropped 

 that another two inches and the screw would be 

 unable to rotate. For this we had no remedy, and 

 had nothing for it but to "Go ahead." Sunday, 

 the loth of September, we spent in Hopedale, the 

 harbour of which was now crowded with no less 

 than 100 schooners ; and though the Brethren put at 

 our disposal their large chapel, capable of holding 

 some 400 people, Captain Trezise found it necessary 

 in the evening to hold an overflow service on the 

 Albert. 



It was with no ordinary feelings of sorrow that 

 we heard at Emily Harbour that the Albert had 

 been ashore. To think of her splendid frame and 

 delicate lines the sport of these cruel jagged rocks 

 was heartrending. The beautiful little ship which 

 had smiled at so many storms, and carried those en- 

 trusted to her so many thousands of miles so faith- 

 fully and safely. It appears she was trying to 

 make West Turnavik Harbour at night, and the 

 pilot who came off from shore mistook the blind 



