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to strike bottom; if you should wish to do that, your bow- 

 sprit will keep you off the land. Even supposing that you 

 were to strike and lose the schooner, you have only to 

 launch the jolly-boat and row ashore. 



A forty-ton schooner with a crew of four hands could be 

 obtained for $100 per week, or less a sum which would 

 include food for the crew, the insurance, and all charges. 

 As such a vessel will easily accommodate a party of four or 

 five, the expenses, considering the nature of the holiday, 

 cannot be considered heavy. The lessor of the schooner 

 would have to be guaranteed probably a ten weeks' mini- 

 mum hire. It is possible to hire a schooner for a lump 

 sum to include everything. 1 



If time is a great object, the best way would be to send 

 the schooner on to Labrador and meet her there in the mail 

 steamer. This would obviate the only open sea that is 

 more than one could be sure of compassing in a day's run; 

 namely, the journey from St. John's to Battle Harbour. 

 After that it is perfectly easy to harbour every night. 

 As one travels farther north, the number of off -lying islands 

 increases considerably, and for a hundred miles at a time 

 one can pursue his journey along the coast with an "in- 

 side" passage. From Cape Harrigan in lat. 55 north to 

 Cape Mugford in lat. 58 north, the voyage can be made 

 almost without seeing the open sea. The last thirty miles 

 to Cape Chidley Island is again all inside, and the vessel 

 can then be sailed on into Ungava Bay through a strait on 

 the south side of the island. It may be noted that the 

 tides, such as they are, set almost uniformly to the south- 



1 Mr. W. H. Peters, St. John's, has arranged such a trip and is 

 prepared to assist any one wishing to make a similar expedition. 



