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width, which was only eight feet, so that, being 

 carvel-built, she would roll most dreadfully. How- 

 ever, while the Albert sailed across to Queenstown 

 we fitted out the launch at a total cost of 325, and 

 arranged to ship it direct by Allan line steamer 

 Corean to St. Johns. On June ist I joined the Albert 

 at Queenstown, and next morning we set sail for 

 Newfoundland. 



The hospital committee had meanwhile appointed 

 A. O. Bobardt, M.B., M.R.C.S., of Melbourne, Australia, 

 and King's Hospital, and Eliot Curwen, M.B., B.A., 

 of Cambridge and the London Hospital, as medical 

 missionaries for the two hospitals. These sailed 

 with us in the Albert. They had also appointed 

 Miss Cecilia Williams and Miss Ada Carwardine to 

 act as matrons and nurses under the doctors, and 

 had arranged for them to sail by. the same steamer 

 as the launch. We had three dirty days on the way 

 out, and once were at close quarters with a large 

 iceberg, but the Albert again quitted herself well, 

 and on our arrival in St. Johns we again experi- 

 enced the greatest of kindness. Our committee had 

 collected some fifteen hundred dollars. A meeting 

 was at once called, and a small executive of two 

 members were appointed for each hospital, the Hon. 

 M. Monroe acting for Battle Harbour and Mr. W. C. 

 Job for Indian Harbour. 



On the arrival of the launch she was at once put 

 into order for starting, while the nurses joined the 

 Albert , as the best way to reach their respective 



