A LABRADOR SPRING 
every night on the narrow shelf as quietly as 
babies. A small triangle of floor was left be- 
tween on which a child of six might have been 
able to lie at length, and which Martial explained 
by expressive pantomime made an excellent 
bed if one sat up and leaned against the mast. 
Guns, charts, food, cameras, clothing and 
materials for preparing specimens took up all 
available space not devoted to sleeping and 
cooking, but by a little care in managing, we 
were able to live very comfortably. It cer- 
tainly simplifies life to have, as Martial ex- 
pressed it, la salle & manger, la salle a fumer, la 
chambre & coucher, le salon et la cuisine all to- 
gether. One could put one’s hand on every 
thing from a central point. According to Dr. 
Grenfell, there is a Labrador beatitude which 
says: ‘‘ Most blessed is the man who can get 
along with least things.” 
Although there was plenty of air in these 
somewhat confined quarters, and it was always 
cold at night, I preferred all out of doors for 
my chambre a coucher, and, provided with a 
sleeping-bag and a bed of balsam boughs care- 
fully thatched on the deck, I enjoyed this 
chambre to my heart’s content during the cruise. 
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