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We soon learned that the knowledge that one is an 

 American is a sufficient passport in Newfoundland, 

 not only in the capital of the country, but in every 

 hamlet throughout the entire island. Never in any 

 country where it has been the writer's privilege to 

 travel has he been the recipient of so much unsoli- 

 cited hospitality as was accorded our party during our 

 short stay in St. John's. To mention the names of 

 all who were active in their zeal to make us comforta- 

 ble and supply us with such information as we desired 

 would be impossible, and to refer to a few would be 

 injustice to all others with whom we came in contact. 

 After breakfast we started out to attend the busi- 

 ness of the hour, and as the sailing date of the first 

 coast steamer north for Pilley's Island governed our 

 stay in St. Sohn's, it was to ascertain of that fact first ; 

 so we proceeded to the office of the N. F. Coastal 

 Steamship Company's office, Harvey & Co., where 

 we were informed that the next vessel, the Virginia 

 Lake, would sail for Pilley's Island between the 9th 

 and 12th of October. This bit of information also 

 reminded us of 



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as we were now to spend at least five or six days in 

 St. John's, at an actual expense of $1.50 a day each, 



