LABRADOR JOURNAL 39 



Thursday, September 20, 1770. All the Ranger's 

 people returned to work again this morning, ex- 

 cept John Shaw; and as he was the ringleader in 

 the combination, niv brother would not suffer him 

 to be employed any more. 



Mr. Langman completed his oven to-day; and 

 the East end of the house being habitable, I took 

 possession of it this evening. 



Friday, September 21, 1770. We laid a coat of 

 pitched paper upon the roof of the house, and a 

 second covering of l)oards upon the paper. The 

 rest of the hands were busy; some in bringing 

 timber out of the woods, and others in squaring 

 it, while the remainder were going on with the 

 casing and other work. Mr. Langman having 

 taken out of the oven, the stones, which he had 

 made use of to turn the arch upon, was making 

 a fire in it, in order to bake a pie; w^hen, alas! 

 down it fell; to the no small mortification of us 

 all. I employed myself most part of this day in 

 skinning and spreading the otter. 



My house not having yet been distinguished by 

 any name, we called it Ranger Lodge,^ in honor 

 of liis Majesty's schooner, which was moored be- 

 fore the door. 



Thursday, September 27, 1770. The West end 

 of the house took fire this nftenioon, at the back 

 of the kitr-hen fireplncc; ])nt it was soon extin- 



* The whole inlet into which the Charles River nins at whoee mouth 

 stood RfinKf-r Ixwlge, is now known as " The Ixxige." At the present time 

 all the inhabitants of the little settlement at TnHian Tove, Cape Charles, 

 Bail up this inlet every fall, and asrend the Charles River to the woods, 

 where they pasa the winter. 



