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In the hospital I had thirty-three in-patients, and 

 in the nursing of these I must pay tribute to Nurse 

 Carwardine, who, by her unremitting zeal and at- 

 tention, made many of these poor fishermen know 

 for the first time what it was to be in a comfort- 

 able warm bed, and be skilfully attended to. 



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The comparison between them in hospital and in 

 their own homes or smacks is too extreme to be 

 drawn, and they were very grateful for what had 

 been done for them. 



One case for example : A gunshot wound of the 

 hand came to hospital, and, though his hand was 

 severely lacerated, he was able to return to his 

 home with a useful limb, after being five weeks in. 

 If this case had been left to itself, the young man 

 must have either lost his arm, or had a stiff and 

 useless hand; and the latter is in the way of a 

 fisherman, who necessarily uses his hands so much 

 in handling nets, lines, ropes, oars, etc. 



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Many at Battle and the surrounding coves are 

 now thanking God for His goodness in inspiring 

 friends in England and elsewhere to send clothing 

 for them this fall ; the look of delight when they 

 received their bundles was a treat to witness. On 

 Tuesday, October sist, we left Battle Harbour, 

 amidst the salutes from many "Brown Sallys" 

 (guns). We carried with us the pleasantest recol- 



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