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ground some four miles away, we pushed 

 on. 



The sides of the inlet were so steep that it 

 was only in certain places that ground where 

 a tent could be pitched was to be found. 



Lansdown had lived twelve years on the 

 inlet, but his bump of locality was sadly de- 

 ficient, for it took us three and a half hours to 

 cover that four miles which must have been 

 nearer nine, and I had to take the oar for the 

 last two hours. 



At last we reached the cove with a shelving 

 sandy beach, but it was pitch dark and the rain 

 was coming doAvn, so I fear I was rather short 

 with poor Lansdown, who had kept promising 

 the camping ground a few yards round every 

 point we passed. 



September 19th. The camping ground as 

 seen in the daylight was an ideal one. There 

 was no undergrowth, and a grassy glade in the 

 shelter of the great trees was a perfect site for 

 the tents. A head wind had got up and the 

 rain was still pouring down, so the prospects 

 were not very encouraging, but still by tacking 

 and rowing we made about seven miles when 

 we were picked up by Mr. Chambers' launch 

 and taken on to the head of the inlet where the 

 Kingcome River falls into the sea. The 



