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of age he served as cook and carrier for our outfit, 

 and stood up under as heavy a load as any of the rest, 

 Mrs. Le Buffe is a good Christian woman and a mem- 

 ber of the Church of England ; and although she has 

 not had an opportunity of attending church for seven 

 years, her children are required to go to prayers twice 

 a day and those of them who are old enough are fa- 

 miliar Avith the creed. The shriek of the Nipkin's 

 whistle was also a signal for this good housewife, and 

 by the time we had our dunnage unloaded and taken 

 care of, she had hot biscuit, molasses, tea and other 

 viands in readiness, and the hungry crowd soon felt 

 the better of a square meal. After tea, a general 

 pow-wow and smoke followed, and by 10:30 we retired 

 to a temporary bed, made on the floor of the cabin, 



Monday, October 15th. Thermometer 60 at 6 P. M. 

 All were up at 5 A, M., and to our great disappoint- 

 ment found a good rain on. Decided not to move 

 until the weather cleared up, which it did at 2 P. M., 

 and we had some sport duck and snipe shooting on 

 the bay head. In the meantime the carriers moved 

 our goods and chattels up West Pond Brook, three 

 miles to the foot of West Pond, where they were 

 cached under the canoes and oilcloth mentioned under 

 the head of supplies. It will be noticed that under 

 that head potatoes, or " spuds," as they are called in 



