CHAPTER XLIX. 



Notes in Labrador — Land on Etjt's Island — Wanderings Overland — 

 PicTou — Professor MoCullouqh — Truro and the Bat or Fuudy — 

 Arrival at Halifax, Nova Scotia — Arrival at New York, and 

 Calculation of Expenses. 



" Augmst 22. After attempting to beat our vessel into the 

 harbour of Pictou, but without succeeding, we concluded that 

 myself and party shovdd be put on shore, and the Ripley should 

 sail back to the Straits of Canseau, the wind and tide being 

 favourable. We drank a parting glass to our wives and friends, 

 and our excellent little captain took us to the shore, whilst the 

 vessel stood up to the wind, with all sails set, waiting for the 

 captain. 



" We happened to land on an island called Ruy's Island, where, 

 fortunately for us, we met some men making hay. Two of them 

 agreed to carry our trunks and two of our party to Pictou for 

 two dollars. Our effects were put in a boat in a trice, and we 

 shook hands heartily with the captain, towards whom we all 

 now feel much real attachment, and after mutual adieus, and 

 good wishes for the completion of our respective journeys, we 

 parted, giving each other three most hearty cheers. 



" We were now, thank God, positively on the main shore of 

 our native land; and after four days' confinement in our 

 berths, and sea-sickness, and the sea and vessel, and aU their 

 smells and discomforts, we were so refreshed, that the thought 

 of walking nine miles seemed nothing more than figuring through 

 a single quadrille. The air felt uncommonly warm, and the 



