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Sunday, October 7th. Thermometer 50 ; clear, pleas- 

 ant. This morning we all accompanied our landlady 

 to a Wesleyan church, where a bright Irish minister 

 preached us a good, solid sermon. The congregation 

 was made up of a good class of people, and from their 

 general appearance there was no mistaking their in- 

 Jelligence and standing in society. In the afternoon 

 we took a walk to the top of Signal Hill. This hill is 

 situated on the east side of the channel entrance to the 

 harbor, and is a barren rock with two beautiful little 

 lakes nestling on its western slope just below the crest. 



Monday, October 8th. Thermometer 45; fog in the 

 morning. As we had not yet laid in our supplies, 

 and from what information we were able to collect 

 concluded that St. John's was the proper place to do 

 so, this day (or as much thereof as was necessary) was 

 set apart for that purpose; and it is but justice to the 

 St. John's merchants to say that no one can go wrong 

 in making purchases of supplies from any of the 

 many retail stores which line Water Street for more 

 than a mile. We .selected Bowring Brothers, where 

 we were well treated and the goods furnished were 

 first-class, fresh and at reasonable prices. 



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EIGHT MEN FOR TWENTY DAYS. 



As our party would consist of the five natives and 



