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land slept during a similar storm. The aged 

 bishop was on a tour of the outlying island 

 posts in the Church of England yacht, and was 

 unable to sleep when they were storm-tossed. 

 He watched the night out in the cabin, but the 

 assistant slept calmly. Finally, in the fiercest 

 of the blow, the bishop could stand it no longer, 

 and, rousing the vicar, said, "How can you 

 sleep in a storm like this?" To which the 

 younger man replied, "An easy conscience, 

 my lord." 



Captain Joncas was up several times in the 

 night to let out more chains and fasten them 

 to the masts with ropes, for the constant strain 

 had broken the windlass. I had rather scoffed 

 at Audubon's gales and hurricanes and thought 

 they were merely a landsman's description of 

 stiff breezes, but if he had anything like our 

 gale, he certainly employed the proper terms. 

 It is unusual even in Labrador to have such a 

 storm in July. On the following day we visited 

 the large harbor island, and watched the surf 

 which was dashing upon the rocks and filling 

 with foam the entrance through which we had 

 come. 



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