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earnt his money like a horse and spent it like 

 an ass. They flourish when the sailor is much 

 better able to look after himself. But their 

 help is needed still ; and what they have done 

 in the past has not been the least among the 

 influences which have made the common lot 

 of the seaman so very much better than it was. 

 Another excellent influence is that of the Royal 

 National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. This 

 mission sends its missioners afloat in its own 

 steamers to tend the sick and bring some of 

 the amenities of shore life within the reach of 

 those afloat. Religion is among its influ- 

 ences, but only in an unsectarian way. Its 

 work in Canadian waters is directed by two 

 able and self-sacrificing men : Dr Grenf ell, 

 whose base is at St Anthony's in North-East 

 Newfoundland, and whose beat goes straight 

 down north along the Newfoundland Labrador, 

 which faces the Atlantic ; and Dr Hare, whose 

 base is Harrington, in the centre of the 

 Canadian Labrador, which runs in from the 

 Strait of Belle Isle to Natashquan, more than 

 two hundred miles along the north shore of 

 the Gulf, among a perfect labyrinth of islands. 

 Next, the business side. As only a single 

 instance can be given, and as ordinary business 

 management in shipping circles more or less 



