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Co. store, and who was on the dock at the time of our 

 arrival. We were not long in making arrangements 

 with him and the manager of the mine to send us 

 down to the head of Hall's Bay (25 miles), in their 

 beautiful little steam launch "Nipkin" for a consider- 

 ation of flO.OO. 



DOWN HALL'S BAY IN THE NIPKIN. 



By the time we had made arrangements for the 

 launch, the guide, Richard Le Buffe, showed up as 

 per previous arrangement to meet us at Pilley's Is- 

 land, and this proved to be 



MLSTAKE NO. 4, 



inasmuch as he was three days from home, for which 

 time we paid $3.00 a day. It was not long before we 

 had ourselves and baggage on board, and at 2:45 P. M. 

 our Captain (Mr. Colburn, the mine boss) sounded the 

 whistle, opened the valve and in the presence of 

 about half the population of the island we steamed 

 off down the bay at the rate of six miles an hour, ar- 

 riving at the head of the bay at 7:35 P. M. The 

 whistle was sounded when within about a mile of our 

 landing place, which brought two boats manned by our 

 carriers, who soon transferred ourselves and baggage 

 to shore and within fifty yards of our guide's cabin. 



