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bor to another, or from behind one rocky island to another 

 only three nights have been passed at sea. Twenty-three 

 drawings have been commenced or finished, and now I 

 am anxious to know if what remains of the voyage will 

 prove as fruitful ; and only hope our Creator will permit 

 us all to reach our friends in safety and find them well 

 and happy. 



'■'' August 13. Harbor of St. George's Bay, Newfound- 

 land. By my dates you will see how long we were run- 

 ning, as the sailors call it, from Labrador to this place, 

 where we anchored at five this evening. Our voyage 

 here was all in sight of, and indeed along the north-west 

 side of Newfoundland ; the shores presenting the highest 

 lands we have yet seen. In some places the views were 

 highly picturesque and agreeable to the eye, although the 

 appearance of vegetation was but little better than at 

 Labrador. The wind was fair for two-thirds of the dis- 

 tance, and drew gradually ahead and made us uncomfort- 

 able. 



" This morning we entered the mouth of St. George's 

 Bay, which is about forty miles wide and fifty miles deep, 

 and a more beautiful and ample basin cannot be found ; 

 there is not a single obstruction within it. The north- 

 east shores are high and rocky, but the southern are san- 

 dy, low, and flattish. It took us until five o'clock to as- 

 cend it, when we came to anchor in sight of a small village, 

 the only one we have seen in two months ; and we are 

 in a harbor with a clay bottom, and where fifty line-of- 

 battle ships could snugly and safely ride. 



" The village is built on an elongated point of sand 

 or sea wall, under which we now are, and is perfectly 

 secure from all winds except the north-east. The coun- 

 try on ascending the bay became gradually more woody 

 and less rough in shape. The temperature changed 

 quite suddenly this afternoon, and the weather was so 



