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going the right way came by, he would be com- 

 pelled to take a passage in some vessel or boat 

 bound in exactly the opposite direction to that in 

 which he wished to move. I remember we called 

 in at some place or other — I forget the name — on 

 our way back to St. John's, after our hunting ex- 

 pedition, and a clergyman came on board begging 

 for a passage. " I understand," he said, " that 

 you are bound round the north end of the island 

 to Halifax. It is rather out of my way to go there, 

 it is true, for my destination is a few miles south 

 of this ; but I have been waiting here till I am 

 sick and tired of it, for a chance of a lift down the 

 coast, and I shall be truly obliged to you if 

 you will take me to Halifax, where I can get the 

 fortnightly Allan steamer to St. John's, which 

 will be better, at any rate, than waiting here in- 

 definitely." 



We replied that we were bound for St. John's and 

 not for Halifax, as he had supposed, and that we 

 should be delighted to take him on board. " Oh," 

 he cried joyfully, " that is charming, it will suit me 

 much better of course to go straight to St. John's. 

 I have been wandering about for weeks and weeks 

 trying to get to my parish, which is not far from 

 here. I was staying in St. John's on a visit to 



