I 
STOVE-FITTING. 
troubles to anticipate the gloomy scenes of epileptic 
transport introduced into our one apartment. McGary 
holds his own. 
“The work of stove-fitting is completed, and a new 
era marks its success. The increased draught which 
the prospective termination of our winter allows me to 
afford to our fuel brings an unhoped-for piece of good 
fortune. We can burn hemp cable and cast-off running- 
gear. By the aid of a high chimney and a good regu¬ 
lating valve, the smoke passes directly into the open 
air, and tarred junk is as good as oak itself. This will 
save our trebling, and, what is more, the labor of 
cutting it. In truth, very little of it has been used up, 
scarcely more than a single streak. We have been too 
weak to cut it off. All our disposable force was in¬ 
adequate last Saturday to cut enough for a day s fue 
in advance. 
“The sickness of a single additional man would have 
left us without fire.” 
SCRATCHED GNEISS. 
