on deck--a scale
of sparkling crystals most beautifully picking out the water-line of
our little craft. It was only then that I realized that October had
come. The days, so full of incident, had passed away like ships in the
night. Whither away was the question? We could not stay even though we
felt the urgent call to remain. So "Heigho for the southward bar" and
a visit to St. John's to try and arouse interest in the new-discovered
problems, before we should once more let go our stern lines and be
bowling homeward before the fall nor'westers to dear old England.

Home-going craft had generously carried our story before us to the
city of St. John's. The Board of Trade commended our effort. The
papers had written of the new phenomenon; the politicians had not
refrained from commendation. His Excellency the Governor made our path
plain by calling a meeting in Government House, where the following
resolution was passed:

"That this meeting, representing the principal merchants and traders
carrying on the fisheries, especially on the Labrador coast, and
others interested in the welfare of this colony, desires to tender its
warmest thanks to the directors of the Deep-Sea Mission for sending
their hospital ship Albert to visit the settlement on the Labrador
coast.

"Much of our fishing industry is carried on in regions beyond the
ordinary reach of medical aid, or of charity, and it is with the
deepest sense of gratitude that this meeting learns of the amount of
medical and surgical work done....

"This meeting also desires to express the hope that the directors may
see their way to continue the work thus begun, and should they do so,
they may be assured of the earnest cooperation of all classes of this
community."

When at last we said good-bye on our homeward voyage, our cabins were
loaded with generous souvenirs for the journey, and no king on his
throne was happier than every man of the crew of the good ship Albert.

Our report to the Council in London, followed by the resolution sent
by the Newfoundland Committee, induced the Society to repeat the
experiment on a larger scale the following spring. Thus, with two
young doctors, Elliott Curwen of Cambridge and Arthur Bobardt from
Australia, and two nurses, Miss Cawardine and Miss Williams, we again
set out the following June.

The voyage was uneventful except that I was nearly left behind in
mid-Atlantic. While playing cricket on deck our last ball went over
the