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were certainly sufficiently high to give Dr. Grenfell a nice profit. The 

 store was in charge of some girl with a very familiar face who at- 

 tached herself to the two Johns and ended by selling them everything 

 she had. She must have been pretty hard up for company as both of 

 them have neglected shaving and were dressed in Jerseys and sea- 

 boots. Jordan on the other hand was captured by three nurses who 

 only let him go when he promised to work there all next winter. I 

 was glad to see Betty Soule again. All the college boys in the outfit 

 were at work on a new hospital building. My only objection to the 

 place was that they had passages from the Bible painted in large let- 

 ters on the outside of all the buildings. 



We left about 10:30 and were soon doing nine knots down the 

 shore. The wind only slackened oflF Belle Isle about four when we 

 were left in a sea of bergs to wait until morning before we could get 

 into Battle Harbor. 



( Position Venison Tickle 

 Friday, July z^rd < Weather Fine 



I Wind Light southerly 



BOB brought the boat into the mouth of the harbor by breakfast 

 time. He had had a light westerly to carry him in. The harbor 

 was so small (about 100 ft. across at the mouth) that we thought 

 best to go in under power. Battle Harbor is in the center of a group 

 of large rocks. It has two entrances, one at each end of a long narrow 

 trench. The rocks are all bold as we hardly saw bottom even when 

 close enough to toss a biscuit onto the shore. 



All hands went ashore, some to buy gear, some to mail letters. I 

 had a talk with the wireless man and then bought a barrel of flour. 

 The most interesting man in town was the customs officer, who 

 was a cousin of Capt. Bartlett. He was an old man and knew the 

 coast like a book having been everywhere. Incidentally he was on to 

 MacMillan. 



