I08 VIKINGS OF TO-DAY 



tie up alongside. The fourth day saw us on the 

 French shore, as we rounded Cape John at mid- 

 day. Here, however, we met a strong head wind, 

 against which we had no alternative but to steam. 

 Now, to provide some kind of cabin, a little house 

 had been built into the fore-part of the launch, with 

 a square glass front, being inside just about the size 

 and shape of the ordinary 'bus. As we steamed 

 into the head sea, it was just up to this part of the 

 cabin, which projected a couple of feet above deck, 

 that the launch dived, with the result that a sort of 

 water spout was thrown up and then dropped on 

 deck. Yet, as everything was closed up, no water 

 got below, and we managed to make a harbour to 

 the north side of the headland. The water, how- 

 over, got everywhere but below, and we were glad 

 of a change after dropping anchor. 



At almost all the places we called at along the 

 French shore, we found the people very poor and 

 but little educated. Unfortunately in Newfound- 

 land the Sectarian School system prevails, with 

 a most disastrous result among these poor and 

 scattered communities. In all we found some who 

 were anxious to avail themselves of the visit of 

 a doctor. In many no qualified medical man ever 

 goes ; and on the part known to us, that is the 

 east coast, there are none at all resident. In the 

 lonely harbour we were now in, called Pacquet, 

 a man soon emerged from the woods and came off 

 to us in a boat. He was ill-clad and looked equally 



