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THE LAST CRUISE OF THE MIRANDA. 



to wait for clearer skies and a more favorable wind ; also 

 to procure a further supply of provisions. In appearance, 

 Henley harbor was much like the other Labrador settlements 

 at which we had stopped, save for an enormous rock which 



DEVIL'S DINING TABLE. 



rose up from the vicinity of the village, and which looked 

 like a huge fort. It was flat at the top, and commanded 

 a fine view of the harbor and of the surrounding country; 

 the rock is called the Devil's Dining Table, though where it 

 got this curious name I was unable to ascertain. 



We remained at Henley harbor for two days ; it rained 

 most of the time, and the fog was continual. On our second 

 and last evening I learned that a dance was in progress on 

 shore ; and so, with two or three companions, I rowed over to 

 attend it, having been instructed as to the whereabouts of 

 the house of entertainment by one of the sailors. It was a 

 dark, foggy night, and a fine, misty rain was falling. We 

 clambered up one of the little wharves, slippery and slimy 

 with fish, and then through a storehouse out into the open. It 

 is no easy matter to maintain one's footing in going over these 



