CHAPTER XIV. 



OFF FOR THE HUNT. 



Northward 240 Miles More Arrival at Pilley's Island Down 

 Hall's Bay in the Nipkin Mistake No. 4 Hotel Le Buffe 

 The Guide and His Family Forward to West Pond > 

 Big Marsh " Grub" or Tea and Tobacco Our Cabin. 



HURSDAY, October llth Thermometer, 

 48; clear and pleasant. An early visit to 

 the Coastal Steamship Company's office had 

 elicited the welcome information that the S. S. Vir- 

 ginia Lake would sail at 11 A. M. We soon had our 

 dunnage on board, tickets purchased and state rooms 

 assigned us ; and long ere the time for departure we 

 were on hand, anxious to get off though the time 

 spent in St. John's had not hung heavily on our 

 hands. The Virginia Lake is a handsome boat, and 

 her commander, Capt. Taylor, we found to be one of 

 the most jovial and accommodating gentlemen we 

 had met. Nothing was too much trouble for him 

 when the comfort of his passengers entered into the 

 question. The illustration shows Mr. Moore, an old 

 native sea captain, retired, and Captain Taylor of the 

 Virginia Lake. 



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