300 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
steamed along the coast to East Cape, and then to 
Ugelen, near by. From here we went across to 
Teller, on the Alaskan coast, and visited various 
settlements. 
At Reindeer Station, at Port Clarence, I met 
again the Reverend Mr. Rrevick, the missionary in 
charge, whom I had met the previous year when we 
were there in the Karluk; he again treated me 
royally. We waited here while Mr. Shields and 
Lieutenant Dempwolf, in the steam-launch, visited 
some of the settlements farther up the bay. 
It was while we were in Kotzebue Sound on 
August 4 that we heard over the wireless that war 
had been declared between Germany and France 
and then between Germany and England. It may 
be imagined what an effect such an amazing piece 
of news, coming to us in such a detached way in 
so remote a corner of the world, had upon us; at 
first, of course, we had difficulty in believing it, 
but there seemed to be no doubt of its accuracy, 
so Lord Percy, who was an officer in the British 
army, left us to get back to England as soon as 
possible. I have heard from him since of his life in 
the trenches. He is one of the many men of the 
“nobility and gentry” who have uncomplainingly 
done their duty for their country. Mr. Shields 
went ashore at Kotzebue with Lord Percy, for 
