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ences. Indeed, being forced to shelter in so many 

 of the small harbours along the French shore, gave 

 us a valuable insight into the lives of the out-harbour 

 people of Newfoundland, and also the opportunities 

 of helping many who need it quite as much as do 

 some on the Labrador. 



At Toulinguet, on November 3rd, we met our old 

 friend Captain Taylor, of the mail steamer Virginia 

 Lake, who showed us a written commission to search 

 all the islands for us between certain latitudes. 

 Thence we wired our whereabouts to St. Johns, but 

 we heard subsequently that that kindly office had 

 been performed for us the day previously by the 

 captain of a schooner, who had passed us on his way 

 south. The sealing steamer Neptune gave us a line 

 across Trinity and Conception Bays, and so, on the 

 7th, we ended our cruise for 1893 in St. Johns 

 Harbour. 



We found St. Johns in the excitement of a general 

 election, and it seemed as if there was little likeli- 

 hood of our getting an audience to listen to a report 

 of the season's work. However, Sir William White- 

 way kindly placed at our disposal the " Star-of-the- 

 Sea" Hall, and His Excellency Sir Terence O'Brien 

 consented to preside at an evening meeting. By the 

 help of some good friends in St. Johns, some of our 

 most successful photographic plates were turned into 

 lantern slides ; and not only was the large hall filled 

 with friends and sympathisers, but one hundred and 

 fifty dollars were realized for the funds. 



