The Princess May in Hamilton Inlet. 



CHAPTER X 



OUR SECOND SEASON 



ON Friday, July yth, with a steward, an engineer, 

 and Dr. Bobardt as my companion, the Princess 

 May left St. Johns for Labrador, the Albert having 

 left the previous day. It was not without some feel- 

 ings of misdoubt that we first encountered the swell of 

 the Atlantic, knowing we should not make harbour 

 till night ; and as we had two large bays to cross, 

 none of us being familiar with the coast, we had 

 hoped for a clear day to enable us to keep the land 

 in sight ; but here again we were disappointed, for the 

 rebound from the cliffs forced us to stand out half 

 a mile to sea, and a dense fog shut everything from 

 view. Not having yet given the launch a trial our- 

 selves, and she being six years of age, we were not 



