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but insisted on distributing it among the sailors 

 who served under him. 



Of the five daughters I can say nothing, but if, 

 as was doubtless the case, they partook of the 

 character and spirit of their parents and brothers, 

 they filled well their stations in life. 



The manor house of Marnham where this inter- 

 esting family was reared, was pulled down a cen- 

 tury ago and a new hall built in its place. It oc- 

 cupied a lonely site which commanded extensive 

 views of the lovely valley of the Trent. 



In the introduction to his Labrador Journal, 

 which follows, Caj)tain George Cartwright has 

 given a brief account of his life before he went 

 to Labrador. The Journal itself recounts his life 

 during his sixteen adventurous years in Labrador. 

 Of his life in England after his return for the last 

 time, we have only occasional glimpses, but it is 

 evident that his sturdy habit of mind and body 

 remained with him to the last, and that his inter- 

 est in Labrador never waned. 



Miss F. D. Cartwright, from whose excellent 

 ^* Life of Major Cartwright " I have obtained 

 many of my facts, speaks of her uncle George 

 as '* a man of great strength of mind, as well as 

 personal courage." In another place she says: 

 " Captain Cartwright was possessed of uncommon 

 vigour both of mind and body; his journal of * A 

 Sixteen Years' Residence in Labrador,' has been 

 long known to the public, and though from the 

 nature of the subject, it contains much tedious 

 detail, it cannot be perused without interest, as 



