CHAPTER I 



TO NEWFOUNDLAND 



Notwithstanding my resolve that the Van- 

 couver trip should be my last one, the call of 

 the wild was once more too strong, and the sum- 

 mer of 1910 found me planning an expedition 

 to Newfoundland. 



I think J. G. Millais' charming book New- 

 foundland and its Untrodden Ways, as well 

 as the description he personally gave me of 

 the country, were largely responsible for my 

 decision. 



I sailed from Southampton on August 5th 

 by the Cincinnati, of the Hamburg-Amerika 

 Line, bound for St. John's, Newfoundland, via 

 New York. 



The ship was crowded and the voyage as 

 monotonous as all Atlantic voyages are, while 

 being a slow boat we only arrived at New 

 York on the morning of the 14th. The heat 

 of New York was intense, and I was not sorry 

 to leave it at midnight for Boston, and straight 

 on via St. John's, New Brunswick, to Sydney, 

 where I took the Bruce, which runs between 



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