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natives would be put ashore at Kings cape and the remainder 

 at the mica mine, where the results of the season's mining, some 

 thirteen tons, would be taken on board, . together with the white 

 men there, and the ship would leave for home about the 1st of 

 October. 



The Era had been met in Repulse bay, and had at that time 

 not added to her catch since we left Fullerton. Captain Comer 

 was again to winter in Fullerton harbour, and was on his way 

 south to go into winter quarters. Including the crew, the 

 Active had one hundred and twenty-three persons on board; 

 tKe ship is quite small, and the accommodation and crowding 

 can be imagined. 



Fullerton was reached next morning, and we were soon 

 boarded by the police detachment and our old Eskimo friends 

 of the past winter. During our absence Staff-Sergeant Dee had 

 made an exciting trip to Repulse bay in a whaleboat manned by 

 natives. 



The day after our arrival the Era entered the harbour, and 

 Captain Comer reported the lack of success mentioned above. 



We remained at Fullerton until the 25th, being busily em- 

 ployed in the meantime with landing provisions and coals for 

 the police, shifting coal, and taking aboard hallast. Two of the 

 policemen who had been left here in the spring were found to 

 be seriously ill, and on the doctor's certificate were taken on 

 board invalided home. 



The homeward voyage from Fullerton to Port Burwell was 

 made in fine weather, and the only incident requiring mention 

 was that the ice from Fox channel had advanced southward and 

 westward nearly twenty miles since we last saw it. This neces- 

 sitated our keeping close to Mansfield island. Our pilot was 

 safely returned to his home in Wakeham bay, and Port Burwell 

 was reached on the 1st of October. 



