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Church in the Colonies. No. XXXVII. 

EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE OF VISITATION, IN THE "HAWK, " 1859, by

THE BISHOP OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 

 [Greek: "Ou toi aneu Theou eptato dexios ornis, Kirkos"]--HOM. _Odys. _

London:Printed forthe Society for the Propagation of the Gospel;and Sold by theSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields;4, Royal Exchange; 16, Hanover Street, Hanover Square;Rivingtons, Bell and Daldy, Hatchards, and All Booksellers. 

1860. June. 

London:R. Clay, Printer, Bread Street Hill. 

EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL, _&c. &c. _

PREFATORY LETTER

BERMUDA, _March 15, 1860. _

"MY DEAR HAWKINS, "You are aware that I have ceased for some years to forward to theSociety the Journals of my Voyages of Visitation. [1] It did not appearto me that the cause of the Society, or of my diocese, would be muchadvanced, or individuals much interested or edified by detailedreports of visits and services with which those who had read theformer Journals would be familiar. 

"The sad state of religious destitution in many settlements inNewfoundland and Labrador had been, I thought, sufficiently shown; andthe benefits and blessing conferred, and to be conferred, by theSociety, thankfully stated and fully demonstrated. I have, therefore, considered it better and more becoming to confine myself to a bare andbrief newspaper statement of the places visited, and the servicesperformed, without any particular mention of the condition of theinhabitants, and other incidents of the voyage. 

"In my late visitation, however, I have been enabled to reach aportion of the island, in which, though several hundred members of ourChurch have long resided, no clergyman had ever before been seen. Irefer to White Bay, a remote district on the so-called French Shore ofNewfoundland. A large portion, nearly one-half of the coast ofNewfoundland (from Cape St. John on the N. E. To Cape Ray on the S. W. ), is called and known in the island by that name (the French Shore); inconsequence of the permission, granted by treaty, to the French tofish for cod on, or round that portion. The natives and inhabitants ofNewfoundland, and the British generally, have not considered it worththeir while to prosecute the fishery to any extent in these parts, orto settle in them; the operations of the French fishermen, beingassisted and systematized by their Government, are on such anextensive scale as to exclude competition, and to render theirprivilege practically an exclusive one. Nevertheless, as the parts ofthe island so assigned, or given up, are among the most productive, not only in fish, but in game, and occasionally in seals (which arethere taken in nets with comparatively little trouble or expense), families have from time to time migrated to and settled in theseremote districts, scattering themselves widely, with the view ofobtaining the means of subsistence in larger abundance and withgreater ease. Now, as there are no roads to, or on, this shore, andeach settlement therefore can only be approached by sea, and by seaonly for four or five months in the year, in any vessel larger than aboat, it is exceedingly difficult to minister to, or visit theinhabitants. Nevertheless, I have been enabled, by the aid of myChurch-ship, to visit, _at intervals of four years_, since 1848, mostof the settlements on this shore. In St. George's Bay, indeed, themost thickly or largely inhabited part, a Church has been built, andone of our Society's missionaries stationed for several years; andgreat, in consequence, is the change, great the improvement in theresidents. Here, I have been enabled, as in other parts of the island, to celebrate the services of consecration and confirmation, and toprovide for the administration of the Holy Communion. But until thecensus of 1857, I was not aware of the large number of our people inWhite Bay and the neighbourhood, or of the large proportion they bearto the whole population. When, at the close of that year, I discoveredthat more than three-fourths registered themselves members of theChurch of England, I resolved, should it please God to permit me, tomake another voyage in my Church-ship, that I would myself visit, andminister to, as I might be able, these scattered sheep of my flock. Astatement of their condition, and of my services, assisted by theclergy who accompanied me, cannot fail, I think, to interest andaffect all those who can feel for the sheep or the shepherd. It iswith a view of awakening this Christian sympathy in behalf of my poordiocese, and generally in the cause and fork of your Society (by orthrough which both sheep and shepherd have been so largely befriendedand assisted) that I am desirous of publishing those parts of thejournal of my last voyage that relate to White Bay. 

"I have added the account of two days in the Bay of Islands, alocality only so far more happily circumstanced than, or I shouldrather say not so unhappily circumstanced as, White Bay, inasmuch asthe inhabitants have been twice before visited by myself in theChurch-ship, and once by the Missionary of the Belle-Isle Straits. Thecircumstances of both, or of either, will, I think, justify theapplication of an apostle's question to him--to any one--who, havingan abundance of spiritual goods, can see the need of these hisbrethren, and shut up his compassion from them;--'How dwelleth thelove of Christ in him?'

 "I am, Yours faithfully, E. NEWFOUNDLAND. "

THE REV. ERNEST HAWKINS. 

FOOTNOTES:

[1] The last published was that of 1853. 

EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL. 

PART I. --WHITE BAY. 

_Thursday, July 7th. At sea, and Little Harbour Deep. _--Passed CapeSt. John, at eight o'clock; several French vessels in the harbour:passed Partridge Point soon after twelve o'clock, and entered WhiteBay. I had intended to visit, in the first place, the settlements onthe south side of the bay, but the wind being adverse, we stood acrossto Little Harbour Deep, not knowing that we should find any "livers"there; but hoping to be able from thence to visit, or there to bevisited by, the families dwelling in Grande-Vache, or Grandfather'sCove, said to be only one mile distant. On nearing the harbour, we sawand hailed a boat, which proved to belong to the place, and in whichwere a man and his wife returning from their salmon nets, which theyoverhaul twice a day. We took them on board, and having no pilot, wereglad to avail ourselves of the man's knowledge of the place in beatingin, which occupied two hours, as the wind was blowing strongly anddirectly out. Theirs was the only family living in the harbour. Weinformed them of the object of our visit, which appeared to pleasethem greatly, and they promised to send to their neighbours inGrandfather's Cove (which proves, however, to be nearly three milesdistant) very early to-morrow morning, and acquaint them with ourpresence, and our intention to have services on board the Church-ship. 

The appearance of these people was not so wild as might be expectedfrom their wild and lonely life. In the summer they occupy, bythemselves, this large harbour, shut in by immense cliffs, which noperson ever ascends or descends. In the winter they occupy and possessthe Horse-Islands, lying several miles from the shore, surrounded formonths by ice. 

Seldom in either place do they see any human being, except the membersof their own family, and not one of the family can read. In summerthey catch salmon and codfish; and in the winter kill seals. And yetthey are not heathens or savages. The woman, though rowing, was veryneatly dressed, with a necklace, but no other superfluous finery; theman was tidy; both were civil. They presented us with two salmon, allthey had in their boat, and promised us finer ones to-morrow. Theyexpressed much pleasure at the prospect of attending the services, andof having their youngest child christened or admitted into the Church. All had been baptized; some at Twillingate, some at Herring Neck, ineach case by a clergyman, one by a Methodist preacher, one by afisherman; but all had been admitted into the Church (at Twillingate, or Herring Neck) except this youngest. They left us about 10. 30 P. M. , after attending our family prayers in the cabin. 

_Friday, July 8th. Little Harbour Deep. _--Before four o'clock, two ofmy men, with a boy from shore, went to Grandfather's Cove(Grande-Vache) to invite the families (Randalls) living there to ourservices. Though so early, one of the families had gone to theirfishing ground before our men arrived. The others gladly accepted theinvitation. This being the first day of missionary work, or services, on board the Church-ship, I had to instruct my friends, Mr. Johnsonand Mr. Tucker, how to arrange and deck the large cabin for thecongregation. The day, happily, was very fine, so that we were able toput several of the many packages and boxes on deck. 

The congregation, in the morning, consisted of only the two families(Wiseman and Randall) and our captain. In the afternoon (4. 30 P. M. ), our crew also attended. One girl was hypothetically baptised, and fourchildren received. The elder Johnson said the prayers and baptized;the younger read the lessons. I addressed the little congregation bothmorning and evening. There is something of both pleasure and pain inthese quiet services; pleasure, in hoping that God, in his mercy, maybless some word of exhortation, or some prayer, to the edification ofthese forsaken ones; pain, in observing how by the people themselvesthe prayers and lessons seem to be wholly not appreciated, or notunderstood. Not one could read, several of them had never heard theservice before, so they rose up and knelt down as automatons; andwould, I doubt not, have been just as ready to kneel at the Psalms asat the Confession, and to sit at either, or both, as when hearing thelessons or sermon. After the service, one man bought a Prayer-book forhis daughter, and we gave them several children's books and tracts. Iexamined the bigger children after the service; one girl, probably tenor twelve years of age, could not repeat the Lord's Prayer or theCreed; a second imperfectly; a third tolerably well. It was, indeed, pitiful; and enough to fill the heart of any pastor, and speciallytheir chief pastor, with sorrow and shame. 

After the second service, I accompanied my friends in a boat to thehead of the harbour, where it receives a small stream (the drain ofsome lake, or of the bogs and mosses in the neighbourhood), whichwinds and creeps between some magnificent mountains. While they werefishing I wandered, climbing over the boulders, along the borders ofthe stream, to enjoy the solitude and deep silence of the windingvalley. The absence of all living creatures, except mosquitoes anddragon-flies, is a striking feature; and the occasional whistle orscream of some sea-bird only renders the prevailing stillness morestrange; grateful or painful, according to the disposition and stateof mind. 

We returned to the ship soon after sunset, frightfully eaten bymosquitoes. The fishers had all had plenty of bites, and realized anew phase of "fly-fishing, " but carried home among them one troutonly. The mosquitoes had got possession of the Church-ship, and paidus off for invading their solitudes. 

_Saturday, July 9th. At sea. _--We left Little Harbour Deep soon afterthree o'clock A. M. , with a fair wind, which died away outside, and wedid not reach our next place of call (Little Coney Arm) till fiveo'clock P. M. There new delay and difficulty awaited us. We fired twoguns, but no person came off, and not a single boat could anywhere beseen. The whole shore seemed deserted. Nevertheless, we discernedhouses in the harbour, and stood towards the entrance; but finding thewater shoal suddenly, the captain let go the anchor, and sent a boatin, with the mate and three of my companions. They brought word, to mygreat mortification, that nearly all the inhabitants had gone to fishin other parts of the bay, and that but one old man, with the femalesand children of three families, remained. Him they brought off to beour pilot. Unfortunately, in getting again under way, we went toleeward of the entrance, and immediately after the wind droppedaltogether. The tide then drifted us into Great Coney Arm, and everytack took us farther to leeward. It seemed almost certain we should becarried to the head of the Bight, to spend the Sunday in a solitaryplace; but by keeping a boat ahead, with four hands, sometimes of thecrew, sometimes of the clergy, we maintained our ground until, abouteleven o'clock, a breeze sprang up in our favour, and we regained theentrance of the Little Arm, and came to anchor just at midnight, whereby I learnt a lesson of patience and perseverance. 

_Third Sunday after Trinity, July 10th. Little Coney Arm. _--Fourfamilies reside in this harbour, two of which are returned in thecensus as Methodists, the other two Church of England. All the men, however, were absent, except the old man who was brought off to us theprevious night; besides him were four women, and some seven or eightchildren, and a sick man (a Roman Catholic), who had been left by atrader. All, however, in the harbour (except the sick Roman) came onboard to both our services, and the women (all) expressed a greatdesire to have their children admitted into the Church. The Gospel forthe Sunday gave me occasion to preach to them and myself on the"Parable of the Lost Sheep;" to myself, to make me ashamed of thinkingmuch of serving or ministering to these two or three in thewilderness; and to them, to make them, and each of them, I trust, moregrateful to the good Shepherd who came himself on the same errand onwhich He sends his ministers to seek for every one that is lost andgone astray, and who assures us there is joy in heaven over one sinnerthat repenteth. The day was as bright and the scene as lovely as couldbe desired for any Sabbath on earth, and I greatly enjoyed the restand peace. After tea, we went on shore and visited all the families, and gave medicine to the poor Irishman, and books to the children. Iexamined the children in the Lord's Prayer and Creed, and found thatthe child of the Church of England parents (neither of whom couldread) was much more perfect than the children of the others, whoboasted of their learning and reading; some (ten or twelve years ofage) could not say the Lord's prayer. At family prayer, in theevening, I addressed my crew, and explained to them the object of myvoyage, and entreated them to co-operate by their example in everyplace, and warned them against the faults to which I knew them mostliable. 

_Monday, July 11th. Little Coney Arm, at sea, and Bear Cove. _--Sailedfrom Little Coney Arm at four o'clock A. M. , wind light, but fair forcrossing the bay, and we accordingly passed over to Bear Cove. Wefound that all the inhabitants (four families) were at home, or ontheir fishing-grounds, and all professed members of the Church ofEngland, and greatly desirous to be admitted, by baptism or receptionas the case might require; and two couples, who had been united by afisherman, expressed a wish to be duly married. One couple made somedifficulty about the fee (having no money), but promised to send theamount (20s. ) in money, or fish, to the nearest clergyman, in thefall. The service was to have commenced at five o'clock, but it waswith difficulty all were got together and duly arranged at 6. 15. Wesaid the Evening Prayers, which I fear must have been parables tothese poor people, several of whom had lived here and in theneighbouring coves all their life, and had never before seen aclergyman, or heard the service. After the second lesson, the baptismshad to be performed, and sad and strange were the discoveries made bythe question, whether the child or person (for some were fifteen, sixteen, and eighteen years of age) had been baptized or no? Of all itwas answered they had been baptized; but some, it appeared, could nottell by whom, some by fishermen, several by a woman, --the only personin the settlement (and she a native) who could read correctly. Onewoman (married) was baptized, hypothetically, with her infant. Twenty-one in all were admitted, the majority with hypotheticalbaptism. Both of the women who came to be married had infants in theirarms; one of them had three children. Not one person in the wholesettlement could read correctly, except the woman before mentioned;her husband (a native of Bay of Islands), a little. He had, however, been employed to marry one of our present couples, which he confessedto me with some shame and confusion of face, saying, "he had pickedthe words out of the book as well as he could make them out, " but hedid not baptise, because "that reading was too hard;" in fact, hecould scarcely read at all, he left the baptisms therefore to hiswife. I addressed the people after the baptisms, trying to make themunderstand the meaning and purpose of that Sacrament, and again afterthe prayers, in their obligations as baptized. After this service, Mr. Johnson married the two couples, and I examined the children in theirprayers and belief, which I found most of them could repeat more orless correctly, but not one knew a letter of the alphabet. It wasconsiderably after nine o'clock before we could dismiss our visitors, and sorry they seemed to be dismissed as I was to dismiss them. Poorpeople! the fair faces of the children would have moved the admirationof a Gregory; and the destitute, forsaken condition of all would movethe compassion of any one who believed they have souls to be saved;how much more if those souls in any sense were committed to hischarge. But what can I do more for them, and, alas! for many othersalmost equally destitute and forsaken. It is but too probable thatnever again, either myself, or by others, shall I be able to ministerto their wants. To-morrow with the first dawn, the men and boys willbe all out on their fishing-grounds, the women busy in their houses, the elder girls nursing the younger children; and I must be on themove to perform a like perfunctory service to others in the same stateof ignorance, of whom I believe there are more than two hundred inthis bay. 

_Tuesday, July 12th. At Bear Cove, at sea, at Jackson's Arm, and atSop's Island. _--We warped out of Bear Cove, there being then no wind, at five o'clock A. M. , and stood over to Jackson's Cove, on theopposite side of the bay (about nine miles), which we reached by 8. 30. It is a capacious and beautiful harbour, easy of approach andentrance. On coming to anchor, I sent on shore immediately, and foundthat all the men were gone to Sop's Island (about five miles off), except one poor fellow with a diseased hip, to whom I sent some wineand medicine. I proposed to take the only woman left behind, with herchildren, on board the Church-ship, to join her friends and relationsat Sop's Island, to which she gladly assented, and they came on boardaccordingly. We then weighed anchor again at 12. 30, to beat to Sop'sIsland, which we reached between three and four o'clock. We landedimmediately with our poor fisherman's wife, who appeared anintelligent, seriously-disposed person, and she could read. Herchildren were very wild, hair uncut and uncombed, without shoes andstockings. She had come from the Barred Islands (in the Fogo Mission), and lamented the separation from her Church and clergy. She guided usto the residences and fishing rooms of the different residents andothers in Sop's Island, and we appointed a service for them at fiveo'clock, not, however, expecting to get them together before sixo'clock. We commenced at 6. 15; seventeen children were received intothe Church, and two couples married. We found that the parties whom wehad missed at Coney's Arm (as well as those from Jackson's Arm) werein this island, and we sent word to them of our intention to holdservice again to-morrow. Here was a repetition of the same melancholyanomalies and irregularities as those of yesterday, except that two orthree of the women could read; and a Mr. M----, from St. John's, asmall dealer or merchant, who has resided here for several years, haskept up some remembrance of God and his service by reading the Churchprayers at a funeral. He resides, however, in the house of a planter, who has brought and lives with a woman from England, in the veryneighbourhood of his wife, whom he deserted after she had borne himthree children. She (his wife) is still living at Twillingate, andsupports herself as a nurse and servant. By the woman he now liveswith he has had seven children, most of whom are grown up, andseveral married. When he saw my vessel with a female on board, hethought his wife was come from Twillingate, and went and hid himselfin the woods. Some of his children and grandchildren were among thoseadmitted this day into the Church. After the prayers and two addressesfrom myself, one in connexion with the baptismal service, and one inplace of a sermon, two couples were married. These services were notfinished till nearly nine o'clock. 

_Wednesday, July 13th. Sop's Island, at sea, and at Gold Cove. _--I hadappointed the service at nine o'clock, being anxious to get forward, if possible, in the afternoon; but it was not till after twelveo'clock that the poor people could arrange their little (to themgreat) matters, and come with their children properly attired. Somehad to go on board a trader lying in the harbour to purchase clothes;several came from a distance against a head wind. Two couples weremarried before, and two after, the prayers; six children of one of thepairs were admitted into the Church: all had been baptized by layhands. Two women, neighbours, had each baptized the other's children. After the services, I gave away a number of elementary books forchildren; three or four Prayer-books, and one Bible were purchased. Attwo o'clock they all took their departure, with many expressions ofpleasure and gratitude. We got away just before a violent north-easter(a wind which always comes, as they say, with the butt end first), which carried us rapidly to Gold Cove, at the head of the bay. It is asnug, well-sheltered place, but the water is deep almost up to theshore; and we moored, for the first time in my experience, to a tree. However, we found bottom at about sixteen fathoms, and plenty of fishupon it. One of my companions jigged nine fine fish in an hour. Theothers went off to visit the people, who were at some distance, andapprize them, as usual, of our presence and purpose. A more secluded, retired spot could hardly, I think, be found, or more picturesquewithal. Wild gooseberries grow on the shore in abundance, and, ofcourse, other fruits, which no hand gathers and no eye sees. Here thepeople report themselves to have been very successful in their fisherythis year. It is the first place where we have heard of success. 

_Thursday, July 14th. At Gold Cove. _--Some of our congregation came onboard before nine o'clock, but others, having to contend with a headwind, did not arrive till 10. 30. Ten o'clock was the hour named forservice; and after all were assembled on deck, it took someconsiderable time to arrange and prepare the sponsors, &c. , andinstruct them in the answers they would be required to make. On thisoccasion, a father of eleven children desired to be baptized, and wasbaptized conditionally with six of his children. He had never beenable to learn that he had received baptism even by lay hands. Nevertheless, he bore the two honoured names of Basil and Osmond, andby that of Basil he was now baptized and received into the Church. Sixteen persons were received; the oldest sixty-five years of age, theyoungest four months. One couple was married, and one woman receivedthe Holy Communion. Most of the grown-up persons, all, I believe, except some invalids, came to our second service in the evening. Between the services we sailed in our boat to the head of this bay, where we found three small rivers or brooks meeting and running by onemouth into the sea. The water was very clear and sweet; and nothing ofthe kind could exceed the picturesque beauty of the lofty andprecipitous hills, clothed and covered with trees from the base to thesummit. I can hardly fancy a greater treat than to sail for three orfour weeks through the reaches and tickles of this bay, which has thesingular advantage of being free from rocks and shoals, with abundanceof good and safe harbours, almost all surrounded by hills andheadlands of picturesque outline, covered with trees, against which nofeller has raised his axe. Our harbour this evening appeared alivewith fish. 

_Friday, July 15th. Gold Cove, at sea, Purbeck Cove. _--Went on deck at4. 35, and found a fine morning and fair wind, but no captain or crew:the mate in the boat fishing. Called the captain, and recalled themate, not without some displeasure at both for neglecting to get underway. We got away at 5. 30, and had a very pleasant sail to PurbeckCove, which we reached at nine o'clock. It is a fine harbour, but likemost in this bay with very deep water. We found here a Mr. C----, witha vessel and crew from Greenspond for the summer fishery. He reportedfavourably of his catch, and speaks of the bay as generally veryprolific. Besides cod-fish, salmon, and trout in abundance, later inthe fall he expects to catch mackerel; and this is the only bay inwhich, at present, they are found in Newfoundland. Deer also abound inthe neighbourhood; some have been killed lately, and more might befound if the people cared to look after them; but they are not yet inseason, and the fishing is not neglected for any thing or all things. This is the great harvest; the seals are the first, but more uncertainand less lucrative; late in the fall the deer are slaughtered; and inthe winter other game, with foxes, martens, &c. , afford sport andmeans of subsistence. Seeing several boats fishing outside, Idespatched my friends to inform the men who and what we were, and torequest them, if possible, to bring their families on board in theafternoon. Fortunately they were able to communicate with partiesliving above and below. All, though the fishery was at its height, accepted the invitation, and Mr. C---- came also with his crew, sothat the cabin could not contain them, and several of the men stoodround the skylight on the deck, from which they looked down upon us asfrom a gallery. The day was very fine and warm, and I suffered noinconvenience from open skylight or sky, except when a piece oftobacco descended on my head. Twenty-one children were received intothe Church, and one couple married. Very few, if any, except some menof Mr. C----'s crew (who, thanks to their good pastor at Greenspond, had their Prayer-books, and were attentive and well behaved) couldread, but most of the children could say the Lord's Prayer and Creed. One woman brought forward her daughter as "a terrible girl" to, sayher Creed and Lord's Prayer, and some of the Commandments; and "thathymn you sung below (Evening Hymn), she knows _he_, but she _lips_(lisps), so she's ashamed before strangers. " Another woman, aftersurveying with, much admiration a large alphabet-sheet (as I shouldEgyptian hieroglyphics), said, "I suppose, sir, that's the A B C. " Igave little books to all who desired them. Though most of them had aconsiderable distance to return, they seemed unwilling to leave me andthe vessel, and I was in no hurry to dismiss them. It was very sadindeed to think that the meeting and intercourse, after so long delay, and with so little prospect of being renewed, should be so short, whenso many important things had to be done, and alas! so many leftundone!

_Saturday, July 16th. Purbeck Cove, at sea, and Seal Cove. _--At fiveo'clock sent letters on board Mr. C----'s vessel, to be forwarded_viâ_ Greenspond to St. John's. Sailed for Seal Cove (fourteen orfifteen miles); for three hours no wind, and then wind ahead, so thatwe did not reach our harbour till eight o'clock P. M. , happy andthankful to reach it then, having in remembrance the difficulties andanxieties of last Saturday night. In this Cove, which, at this season, and all seasons when the wind is not strong from N. W. , is a splendidharbour, are only two families; but one boat's load had preceded usfrom Purbeck Cove to profit by the Sunday services. We found thepeople on shore (a family of Osmonds), very thankful for our coming, though a Roman Catholic family had just arrived to spend the Sundaywith them. How so many people are lodged and accommodated (there mustbe twenty-five now here) in one small hut is difficult to understand. I know not how to be thankful enough for the mercies and comforts ofthe past week. This is the eighth harbour I have been anchored in, this week, and in six I have held services; and except in enteringLittle Coney Arm, have encountered neither difficulty nor delay. Thewinds have been generally fair, the weather always fine; the people, without exception, grateful for our visits and services. Ninety-twopersons of various ages have been formally received into the Church;eight couples married; one person admitted to the Lord's Supper;nearly one hundred and eighty of all ages have been present at theservices. The bread has been cast upon the waters, may it be found. 

_Fourth Sunday after Trinity, July 17th. Seal Cove. _--I was pleased tofind that two families had followed in their boats, from a harbour wehave already visited, to attend the services on board. The head of thefamily resident here (in Seal Cove) is Joseph Osmond, a youngerbrother of Basil; he had lost his wife last fall in giving birth toher twelfth child, and he could not speak of her without tears. Hepointed out to me the spot, where he had himself committed her body tothe ground (the first and only one buried in the place), which he hadcarefully fenced, and was anxious to have consecrated. The babe hadbeen nursed and kept alive by her sisters, but appeared very sicklyand not likely to continue. Nine of his twelve children he had carriedto Twillingate to be christened (_i. E. _ received into the church afterprivate baptism), but three remained whom he desired now to bereceived. All of these had been baptized by lay hands; two of them, hesaid, "_had been very well baptized_, " _i. E. _ by a man who could readwell, the third case did not satisfy him. This was told us before theservice, and when, in the service, he was asked, as the Prayer-bookdirects, "By whom was this child baptized?" he answered, "By oneJoseph Bird, and a fine reader he was. " This Bird, who on account ofhis fine readings, had been employed to baptise many children in thebay, was a servant in a fisherman's family. 

We had two services, as usual, on board; four children were receivedinto the Church, and one couple married. This couple had followed usfrom Bear Cove; they had before been united by a fisherman, had sixchildren, and were expecting shortly a seventh. The man was he who, atBear Cove, as before mentioned, had himself married a couple; and hiswife was the person who had baptized the children. Whether the couplefor whom he had officiated were "very well married, " as to theservice, must be "very doubtful. " Either he wished to be more perfect, or he was doubtful about his own case; whatever was his reason, hevery cheerfully paid the fee, twenty shillings. He inquired alsowhether he ought to be christened, having been baptized only by afisherman, though, as he said, with godfathers and a godmother. Herewas confusion worse confounded; and shame covered my face, while Iendeavoured to satisfy him and myself on these complicated points. Thepoor man was evidently in earnest, and I gladly did all in my power torelieve his mind, and place him and his in a more satisfactory state. But how sad that one who had baptized and married others, shouldhimself apply to be baptized and married, being now the father of sixchildren! The wife appeared to be the general chronicler of all eventsin the neighbourhood, and was looked up to as a kind of prophetess. After the Evening Service, I went on shore to visit the house whichthe man Osmond had built himself, and made comfortable for summer andwinter: there being abundance of wood for ceiling, &c. , and birch-rindto cover the seams. He showed his gardens, full of flourishingpotatoes, where the disease had never yet reached. The vegetation isvery luxuriant, and there is plenty of pasture for cows. He could atany time, he said, kill a deer, and had killed upwards of two hundred!and as his neighbours in the bay all supply themselves with the samefood, the park must be supposed to be pretty large, and well stocked. In the winter he kills foxes and martens for their skins, wild fowlsof various sorts for food. Fuel is superabundant. The water producesfish, --salmon, herring, and mackerel; the ice brings the seals. Osmondacknowledges that it was "very easy to get a living, " and wanted onlythe minister to be more than contented. His nearest neighbours (atLobster Harbour) are Roman Catholics, and with these he lives on verygood terms. "There was never a thee, or a thou, passed between them. "Such is Joseph Osmond, sole occupier of Seal Cove, in White Bay, andsuch his condition, physical, social, and religious. It should beadded that not one person in the settlement can read. He complainsmuch of the French cutting spars and other sticks, besides what theyrequire for their use on shore; and yet more, of their leaving manyfires in the woods, by which the whole neighbourhood is endangered. Hehas often gone to put out the fires thus carelessly left, by whichthousands of acres of wood might be destroyed, and the inhabitantsdriven from their homes. 

_Monday, July 18th. At Seal Cove. _--This was our first day of delaysince coming into the Bay. A strong north-east wind with a heavy lop, made it useless to attempt to proceed. In the afternoon all the peopleon shore came to our service, and I explained "the articles of ourBelief, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer. " In the evening, Mr. Tucker went on shore to teach the younger ones to repeat theLord's Prayer and the creed, more perfectly; and I, with the rest ofmy party, rowed up "the Southern Arm, " an indraft of about threemiles, winding among the most picturesque mountains I ever saw. Theyrise almost perpendicularly from the water, are clothed with wood fromthe base to the summit, and are of most varied shape and outline. Theysurpass in grandeur the banks of the Wye, and are more thickly clothedwith wood, in which, the beech, and birch, and maple, have almostdisplaced the spruce, and no green could be more fresh and delicate. These mountains are on each side of the Arm, to its extremity, whichis nearly closed by a round, or conical hill, similarly covered withtrees; on either side of which you may enter into a valley, betweenlofty rocks, and through which probably a small river or brook conveysthe surplus water of some lake or lakes lying farther up the country. The solemn effect of the scenery was heightened by the absence of alltraces and signs of men or other animals; and the occasional scream ofa gull looking down upon us, made the general silence and solitudemore impressive. How prodigal is nature of her beauties and glories, thus repeated and renewed in places where there is no one to admire, and very few to see them!

_Tuesday, July 19th. Seal Cove, and at sea. _--The wind was not morefavourable to day than yesterday, except that it was not so strong;but we thought it better to go out in the hope of some change, in themean time beating to windward. After standing across the bay and back, a distance of nearly thirty miles (fourteen or fifteen each way), wefound we had only gained a mile and a half, and the next tack onlyadvanced us about as much more. The next time we stood across, thewind tailed us altogether. This was trying work, especially to mycompanions, who all felt the direful effect of the beating, and wererecumbent nearly the whole day, and sometimes worse; I, happily, wasable to read and write, and only grieved by the sad delay. 

_Wednesday, July 20th. At sea. _--Dead calm nearly the whole day, withoccasional interludes of head-wind, which enabled us to run across thebay, and make the unpleasant discovery that we had advanced, orgained, only about five miles since we left our anchorage yesterday!During the greater part of the day we were lying almost motionless. Eight o'clock P. M. Found us just where eight o'clock A. M. Had left us. A lesson in patience. 

_Thursday, July 21st. At sea, and Hooping Harbour. _--After beingbecalmed all night, a light breeze sprung up in our favour at fouro'clock A. M. (being then just off Little Cat Arm), which sufficed tocarry us into Hooping Harbour (about thirty-five miles) by threeo'clock P. M. Here are two families only, all the members of which, four in one, and eight in the other, were fortunately at home. One ofthe mothers is a Wesleyan, with all the scruples of her denomination. She had taught her children the Lord's Prayer, but could not teachthem the Creed, because "it would be wrong for them to say, 'I believein God, ' when they did not believe in Him, which she perceived theydid not. " The truth, I imagine, was, she could not say it herself. Shedid not like to be godmother to her neighbour's children, because "shehad sins enough of her own to answer for; and she could not make apromise she knew she should not perform. " As she was the only grown-upwoman in the place, except the one whose children, with her own, wereto be baptized, it was necessary to overcome, if possible, thesescruples, which was no easy matter. And here were freshcomplications. Some of the children of both families had been baptizedby a French priest, and no one could say "with what words. " Some hadbeen baptized by a woman, some by a fisherman. Painful it was towitness, or be certified of, such complications and irregularities, more so to be in any degree answerable for them, most of all to beexpected to unravel and rectify them in one visit of a few hours'duration, knowing too that they must all be renewed and repeated. Thisis the only harbour in White Bay where there are any French, andthese, it is worthy of notice, have come here within the last fiveyears, since the two English families established themselves in theplace. On their arrival this year, the French took up the Englishman'ssalmon nets, and prevented his fishing for three weeks, until theywere informed by the officer sent from St. John's, that things were toremain this year as in the preceding, and until matters were settledby the authorities. The poor Englishman complains bitterly of beingdeprived of his three best weeks' fishery, which, if they had beenonly as good as the subsequent ones, must have been a serious loss. This day he took in his nets about a hundred salmon, and speaks ofthis as an ordinary catch--and his nets are not large or numerous. Itwould be very sad and shameful if this branch of the fishery, whichclearly was not contemplated in the treaties, should be given up, either wholly or in part, to the French. This is the last harbour inWhite Bay. 

_Friday, July 22d. Hooping Harbour, at sea, and Englée. _--We weighedanchor soon after four o'clock. The wind so light that our men wereobliged to tow for nearly two hours; then it breezed up ahead, andgradually increased, till by the time we had beaten up to Canada Bay, some nine miles, it blew very hard. However, the harder it blows, thebetter the good Church-ship goes; and before one o'clock we hadbeaten-round Englée Island, in Canada Bay (our next place of call), tothe mouth of the harbour. But as nobody was "acquainted, " and thedescription in the book of directions was not satisfactory, and it wasblowing half a gale, we fired a gun, which brought out a boat, withtwo hands, who showed us the course in, and where to anchor. On beinginformed who we were, and what was our object in visiting them, theyexpressed much pleasure; but said it would be difficult, if notimpossible, to bring off the children in such heavy weather. We hadservice at five o'clock, but it was blowing so furiously that only sixmen and as many women could venture off, and they brought none of thelittle children. I determined, therefore (though the delay is verygrievous), that I ought to remain here to-morrow, which will involveSunday also. There are two other families in this bay, with whom itwas impossible to communicate to-day, in this tempest. We had EveningPrayers, with an address by myself. After the service I conversed withthe people, and found that some of the women (one of them a mother ofthree children) had never before seen a clergyman, and never been inany place of worship. It would be interesting to know what theythought and felt at the first sight of a bishop and two clergymen intheir canonicals, and the Church-ship, and yet more at the firsthearing of the Word of God read and preached to them, and the prayersof the Church. 

_Saturday, July 23d. At Englée. _--Directly after breakfast my friendswent across Canada Bay (three miles) in the boat, to make known ourpresence to a family on the other side, a man and wife with elevenchildren. They returned soon enough for the Morning Service, which wasattended by most of the inhabitants. A young woman, married and amother, was, on her own petition and profession, received into theChurch, and her behaviour was very becoming and edifying. In theafternoon, when her sister, nineteen years of age, was hypotheticallybaptized, she was affected even to tears. They both could read, andthough they had never before seen a clergyman of their Church, or beenpresent at public worship, they appeared to have an intelligent anddevout sense of the sacred nature and importance of the Service. Several others, chiefly children, were admitted; nearly all of whomhad been baptized by the French priests, who accompany year by yearthe fishing vessels from France. They (the priests) had performed thisservice, without any intention, as it seemed, of bringing eitherchildren or parents into the Roman Catholic Church. In one of thefamilies was an idiot son, whom the parents were very anxious to havebaptized. He is grown up, and though harmless in other respects, usesvery dreadful language. I went on shore and visited one of the housesof a family, the father and mother of which go to St. John's everyfall, and while there the woman is a regular attendant at the dailyPrayers in the Cathedral. It was gratifying to find the house veryclean and well ordered in the absence of both father and mother, who, unfortunately, are gone to some distant fishing station for thesummer. The young women who showed so much apparent good feeling atbaptism, are their children. Here the people keep cows and sheep, andlive in much comfort, and we obtained a small supply of milk and freshmeat: I had not tasted any meat, and only once fowl, for a fortnight. We have had no fresh meat on board, and the fish and salmon, of whichwe have abundance for nothing, is in my judgment better and morewholesome (not to speak of economy) than the salted and preservedmeats. For the same period, or rather longer, we have had milk, andthat goat's, only once; and nobody complains, of the privation. 

_Fifth Sunday after Trinity, July 24th. At Englée. _--The fifteenthanniversary of my first Sunday in Newfoundland. Shame that this shouldbe my first, in these fifteen years, which I have given to Englée. Andwhat a contrast! Then I went from Government House in the Governor'scarriage, with His Excellency and Lady Harvey, to preach my firstsermon, and administer for the first time the Holy Communion (it wasthe first Sunday in July) in my Cathedral Church. The occasion, with afine day, brought a crowded congregation. Here, on this fifteenthanniversary, I am at Englée in Canada Bay, on the French Shore, aplace inhabited by four families of fishermen, several of whom neversaw a clergyman or Church, very few of whom can read, not one able tofollow the order of Prayer intelligently, not one confirmed, not oneprepared to receive the Holy Communion, nearly half only yesterdayreceived into the Church. To make the contrast greater and moredreary, the day is miserably wet and cold, so that several of the fewwho otherwise could have attended, were unable to come on board theChurch-ship, on which the service was held, there being no convenientplace on shore. I celebrated the Holy Communion (as on every Sunday), but no person partook of it except my own companions in the ship. Theonly novel, or additional service, to mark more strongly the contrastof time and place, was the conditional baptism of the poor idiot boyon shore, between the Morning and Evening Prayers. He behaved verywell, knelt down and was quiet, and seemed to be quite aware thatsomething of solemn importance was being done. At the Evening Service(the rain having abated) nearly all the inhabitants came on board. Ipreached as usual, morning and evening. After the Evening Service, children's books and tracts were distributed, and some Prayer-bookssold. Many inquiries were made about persons and subjects connectedwith the Church in St John's. Such is the fifteenth anniversary of myfirst Sunday, and first service in my Diocese; and if the day of smallthings has come at the end rather than the beginning, who can tellwhich shall be blessed, whether this or that, or whether both shallbe alike good?

_Monday, St. James's Day. Englée. _--I was not sorry to find thismorning that the wind was still ahead, so that we could observe theholy day in harbour, and give my new disciples and children anopportunity of again attending the service. This they did very gladly, with my captain and crew, and I addressed them on the Gospel for theday. It was strange to see grown-up people directed how and where tofind the places in their Prayer-books. In the afternoon the windseemed to veer in our favour, and about four o'clock we made anattempt to leave; but the wind was unsteady and soon died away. AfterEvening prayers, we rowed up to visit two Englishmen, who have livedand fished together for fourteen years, without any family, or female, in their house; the one a widower, the other a bachelor. One of themcomes from Southampton, the other from Ringwood. They are supposed tohave saved money, and might live in comfort elsewhere, but they preferthis dreary, desolate existence, I presume, for the sake of theirworldly gains. I had but little time for conversing with them, but Ileft them some tracts, &c. One of them has the reputation of a "finereader. "

_Tuesday, July 26th. Englée. _--Another day of calm and trouble, head-wind and heart-ache, for the delay is very grievous. In themorning I visited all the people on shore, and in the afternoon theyall came on board to our service. 

_Wednesday, July 27th. Englée, at sea. _--A light breeze sprung up inour favour at seven o'clock, and at eight o'clock we were under way, and cleared the Heads before ten o'clock. God be praised!

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PART II. --BAY OF ISLANDS. 

_Seventh Sunday after Trinity, August 7th. At sea, and in LarkHarbour, Bay of Islands. _--The wind continued to blow, and the sea torage and swell all night; and the rolling and dashing of the wavesagainst the side of the vessel were so incessant and violent that Icould hardly remain in my berth. At two o'clock the vessel was putabout, when I heard such a banging and thumping of the rudder, that Iran on deck to ascertain the cause. I found the wheel deserted, therebeing only two men on deck, and both engaged in hauling round theyards. I took the wheel, in night-shirt and night-cap only, withoutshoe or slipper, till the yards were round; fortunately not a longoperation. I turned in again till six o'clock, when I found we hadjust weathered the southern entrance of the Bay of Islands; and, asthere was no change in the direction or force of the wind, I was verythankful to have the prospect of a harbour, and of ministering to thepoor sheep in this bay, who have not seen a shepherd for four years. We beat into Lark Harbour, against a violent head-wind, and did notget to anchor till ten o'clock. The people on shore seemed to beemployed in turning their fish, and other daily labour; but onsending to them, they expressed their readiness and desire to profitby the services. We could not begin our morning service till twelveo'clock, when the people had all come on board. Three children wereconditionally baptized. Evening service at half-past four o'clock, after which three couples were married; one of these (couples) hadbrought two children to be baptized at my first visit, _ten yearsago_; but it was nearly ten o'clock P. M. , and just as my vessel wasleaving the bay. The father, I remember, had gone a great many milesto fetch his children, and showed great desire to have them dulybaptized, and was _now_ equally anxious about his own marriage. I hada good deal of conversation with some of the men, who seemed toentertain a lively and grateful recollection of my former visit andservices. 

_Monday, August 8th. Bay of Islands. _--The wind being very light Idetermined to visit some of the settlements in this extensive bay inmy boat. Accordingly, Messrs. Johnson and Tucker, with one of thesailors and a boy, rowed me to McIvor's Cove, where reside fourfamilies, whom I have visited on each former occasion. Theyaccomplished the distance, about ten miles, in three hours. We arrivedat a quarter past one o'clock, after calling on the people, who allrecognised me, and with apparent pleasure; and desiring them toprepare themselves and their children, and the best room, for aservice, we took our refreshment, which we had brought with us, in apretty green nook where a little river runs into the sea, using thefallen trunk of a large tree for our table. It would have served for avery large, or rather a very long party. We had our service in thehouse of old Parks, who is mentioned in my Journal of 1849, as havingbeen visited by Archdeacon Wix. The children of three families werebrought to be received into the Church. It was very sad to witness theignorance, and almost imbecility, into which two of the three mothers, who had been born and brought up in this wilderness, were fallen. Thethird, who came from a distant settlement, and could read, wasdifferent, and superior in every respect. One of the women, marriedonly five years, could not remember what her name was before marriage. It would seem, too, as if the physical constitution degenerated withthe mental. Her child, which she brought to be baptized, had on onehand two fingers, on the other only one, and on each foot only threetoes. I addressed them after the service; but I believe if mydiscourse had been in Latin, it would have been as much, perhaps more, attended to. The old woman began to talk to Mr. Johnson's little boy, interrupting her own discourse and mine by occasionally telling thedogs to "jump out, " a command which from her, but her only, was alwaysobeyed; obeyed, but soon forgotten; for presently the same dog "jumpedin" again. The old man called for a match to light his pipe with, andit was only by preventing his wish being complied with, that I couldengage his attention. After this painful service, and more painfulseparation (for nothing could be more painful than to leave Christianpeople in such ignorance and unconcern about their souls), we rowedover to Frenchman's Cove (about two miles and a half), a lovely spot, inhabited by two families of a better sort in knowledge and behaviour. The men, unfortunately, were gone out, but they "would not have gone, by no means, if they had known that his reverence was in the bay. " Thewomen were very anxious to have their children duty baptized, andlistened with much earnestness to some words of advice andinstruction, and were very thankful for the books. Since my last visithere a Nova-Scotian has built a store in this cove, and will be, Igreatly fear, a cause of misery to at least one of the families. Iadmonished and exhorted him, and he thanked me for my advice like onewho had quite made up his mind not to regard it. I visited one of thehouses again, late in the evening, and heard one of the children, agirl of ten or eleven years, say her prayers and Belief. I thought Iknew most of the varieties of

 "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, God bless the bed that I lie on, " &c. ;

but this Bay of Islands' edition contained additions which I had neverheard, and could not comprehend. And the poor mother, who stood by(the girl kneeling), sadly perplexed and distressed me by askingwhether this and that was right. I had no difficulty in telling herthat it was not right, when her child, in repeating the Creed, wentstraight, as I observed several others did, "I believe in God theFather Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, " to--"from thence Heshall come to judge the quick and the dead. "

_Tuesday, August 9th. Bay of Islands, and at sea. _--It was grievous, very grievous, to depart without visiting the other families about inthis bay--fully one hundred and twenty professed members of theChurch; but I dared not make any longer delay; and Frenchman's Cove, where the Church-ship had joined us and was now anchored, is adifficult place to get out of with a head-wind. It took us nearlythree hours to make our escape, not so much, however, throughhead-wind as no wind. We had then to beat across the bay, and did notreach the open sea till nearly six o'clock P. M. There we found theold, unrelenting S. W. Directly ahead, and soon got into a heavy sea; apoor prospect for the night. 

AN ACCOUNT

_Of the Places visited, with the time of Arriving at and Sailing fromthe same, and of the Distances between them, by the_ BISHOP OFNEWFOUNDLAND, _in his Visitation of the_ NORTHERN _and_ SOUTHERNSHORES _of_ NEWFOUNDLAND, _in the Summer of 1859_. 

--------------------+-------------------+--------------------- Sailed from. | Date. | Arrived at. | |--------------------+-------------------+---------------------St. John's | June 29, 2 P. M. | Twillingate | |Twillingate | July 6, 9 A. M. | Little Harbour Deep | |Little Harbour Deep | -- 9, 3½ A. M. | Little Coney Arm. | | | |Little Coney Arm | -- 11, 4½ A. M. | Havling Point | | | |Havling Point | -- 12, 5 A. M. | Jackson's ArmJackson's Arm | -- 12, 1 P. M. | Sop Island | | | |Sop Island | -- 13, 3 P. M. | Gold Cove | | | | | |Gold Cove | -- 15, 6½ A. M. | Purbeck Cove | | | |Purbeck Cove | -- 16, 4½ A. M. | Seal Cove | | | | | | | |Seal Cove | -- 19, 9½ A. M. | Hooping Harbour | | | |Hooping Harbour | -- 22, 5 A. M. | Englée Harbour | | | | | |Englée Harbour | -- 27, 10 A. M. | Forteau | |Forteau | Aug. 2, 5 A. M. | Lark Harbour | | | |Lark Harbour | -- 8, 10 A. M. | McIvor's Cove | |McIvor's Cove | -- 8, 4 P. M. | Frenchman's Cove--------------------+-------------------+---------------------

+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+| Date. | Distance | Services performed. || | in Miles. | |+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+| July 1, 9 P. M. | 180 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion. || -- 7, 9½ P. M. | 75 | Two Services, || | | Baptisms. || -- 9, 12 Night. | 19 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Baptisms. || -- 11, 10 A. M. | 11 | Afternoon Service, || | | Baptisms, || | | Marriages. || -- 12, 11 A. M. | 8 | || -- 12, 4 P. M. | 5 | Two Services, || | | Baptisms, || | | Marriages. || -- 13, 7½ P. M. | 16 | Two Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Baptisms, || | | Marriages. || -- 15, 10 A. M. | 13 | Afternoon Service, || | | Baptisms, || | | One Marriage. || -- 16, 8 P. M. | 15½ | Sunday Service, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Baptisms, || | | One Marriage, || | | Afternoon Service, July 18. || -- 21, 3 P. M. | 42 | Afternoon Service, || | | Baptisms, || | | Churching. || -- 22, 12½ P. M. | 8 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Baptisms, || | | Daily Service. || -- 29, 10 A. M. | 122 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion. || Aug. 7, 10 A. M. | 161 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Baptisms. || -- 8, 1 P. M. | 10 | Afternoon Service, || | | Baptisms. || -- 8, 5 P. M. | 3 | Baptisms. |+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+

--------------------+-------------------+--------------------- Sailed from. | Date. | Arrived at. | |--------------------+-------------------+---------------------Frenchman's Cove | Aug. 9, 10 A. M. | Sandy Point | | | | | | | |Sandy Point | -- 5, 11½ P. M. | Barrysway | |Barrysway | -- 16, 7 P. M. | Codroy | | | |Codroy | -- 19, 10 P. M. | Channel | | | | | |Channel | -- 23, 9 A. M. | Burnt Islands | | | |Burnt Islands | -- 23, 6 P. M. | Channel | |Channel | -- 26, 1 P. M. | Rose BlancheRose Blanche | -- 27, 12 NOON. | La Poele | | | | | | | | | |La Poele | -- 30, 6 A. M. | Burgeo | | | | | |Burgeo | Sept. 3, 8 A. M. | New HarbourNew Harbour | -- 4, 9 A. M. | Rencontre | | | |Rencontre | -- 4, 1 P. M. | New Harbour | | | |New Harbour | -- 5, 8 A. M. | Push-through | | | |Push-through | -- 6, 6 P. M. | Hermitage Cove | | | |--------------------+-------------------+---------------------

+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+| Date. | Distance | Services performed. || | in Miles. | |+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+| Aug. 13, 7 A. M. | 103 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation, || | | Consecration of Graveyard, || | | Afternoon Service. || -- 16, 2 P. M. | 18 | Afternoon Service, || | | Confirmation. || -- 18, 5½ P. M. | 40 | Two Services, || | | Confirmation, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 20, 5 P. M. | 24 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 23, 1 P. M. | 10 | Afternoon Service, || | | Confirmation, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 23, 8 P. M. | 10 | Saint's day || | | Services. || -- 26, 8 P. M. | 15 | Morning Service. || -- 27, 5 P. M. | 15 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion & || | | Confirmation, || | | Morning Service, || | | Holy Communion and || | | Confirmation, Aug. 29. || -- 30, 10½ A. M. | 33 | Three Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Two Confirmations, || | | Consecration of Church. || Sept. 3, 6 P. M. | 47 | || -- 4, 10 A. M. | 3 | Morning Service, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation. || -- 4, 2 P. M. | 3 | Afternoon Service, || | | Confirmation, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 5, 7 P. M. | 20 | Two Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation. || -- 6, 9½ P. M. | 13 | Three Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Two Confirmations. |+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+

--------------------+-------------------+--------------------- Sailed from. | Date. | Arrived at. | |--------------------+-------------------+---------------------Hermitage Cove | Sept. 8, 2 P. M. | Pickaree | |Pickaree | -- 8, 5 P. M. | GaultoisGaultois | -- 8, 10 P. M. | Hermitage CoveHermitage Cove | -- 9, 10½ A. M. | Cannaigre Harbour | |Cannaigre Harbour | -- 9, 3 P. M. | Harbour BretonHarbour Breton | -- 10, 10 A. M. | Little BayLittle Bay | -- 10, 2 P. M. | Harbour Breton | | | | | |Harbour Breton | -- 13, 7 A. M. | English Harbour | |English Harbour | -- 13, 4½ P. M. | Belleoram | | | |Belleoram | -- 16, 5 A. M. | Harbour BretonHarbour Breton | -- 17, 8 A. M. | Brunet | | | | | | | |Brunet | -- 18, 3 P. M. | Harbour BretonHarbour Breton | -- 19, 5 A. M. | Lamaline | | | |Lamaline | -- 21, 2½ P. M. | St. Lawrence | | | |St. Lawrence | -- 23, 5 A. M. | Burin | | | |Burin | -- 26, 10 A. M. | Rock Harbour | |Rock Harbour | -- 26, 4½ P. M. | Mortier BayMortier Bay | -- 28, 10 A. M. | Oderin | | | | | | | |Oderin | -- 30, 8 A. M. | Harbour Breton--------------------+-------------------+---------------------

+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+| Date. | Distance | Services performed. || | in Miles. | |+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+| Sept. 8, 3½ P. M. | 3 | Afternoon Service, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 8, 5½ P. M. | 3 | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 8, 10½ P. M. | 3 | || -- 9, 12 Noon. | 8 | Morning Service, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 9, 4 P. M. | 3 | || -- 10, 11½ A. M. | 5 | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 10, 3½ P. M. | 5 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 13, 11 A. M. | 15 | Morning Service, || | | Confirmation. || -- 13, 7 P. M. | 7 | Three Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation. || -- 16, 3½ P. M. | 22 | Evening Service. || -- 17, 2½ P. M. | 9 | Prayers, || | | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 18, 6 P. M. | 9 | || -- 20, 1 P. M. | 45 | Two Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation. || -- 21, 6 P. M. | 21 | Two Services, || | | Confirmation, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 23, 1 P. M. | 16 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation. || -- 26, 1 P. M. | 15 | Afternoon Service, || | | Confirmation. || -- 26, 6 P. M. | 6 | || -- 28, 3½ P. M. | 17 | Afternoon Service, Sept. 28, || | | Saint's day Services, || | | Sept. 29, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation. || -- 30, 4 P. M. | 34 | |+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+

--------------------+-------------------+--------------------- Sailed from. | Date. | Arrived at. | |--------------------+-------------------+---------------------Harbour Breton | Oct. 1, 10 A. M. | Spencer's Cove | | | |Spencer's Cove | -- 1, 6 P. M. | Harbor Buffet | | | | | | | |Harbour Buffet | -- 5, A. M. | Arnold's Cove | |Arnold's Cove | -- 5, 1½ P. M. | Woody Island | |Woody Island | -- 6, 1 P. M. | BurgeoBurgeo | -- 9, 6¼ P. M. | Isle of Valen | | | |Isle of Valen | -- 9, 5 P. M. | BurgeoBurgeo | -- 11, 5 A. M. | St. John's--------------------+-------------------+---------------------

Places visited 48, of which 34 were visited in theChurch-ship, and 14 in boat: Holy Communion, 23 times:Consecrated 1 Church and 13 Cemeteries: Confirmations, 28. 

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+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+| Date. | Distance | Services performed. || | in Miles. | |+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+| Oct. 1, 2½ P. M. | 9 | Afternoon Service, || | | Confirmation, || | | Consecration of Graveyard. || -- 1, 11½ P. M. | 9 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation, || | | Afternoon Services, || | | Oct. 3 and 4. || -- 5, 9½ A. M. | 16 | Morning Service, || | | Confirmation. || -- 6, 12½ A. M. | 9 | Morning Service, || | | Confirmation. || -- 6, 5½ P. M. | 12 | || -- 9, 10 A. M. | 9 | Sunday Services, || | | Holy Communion, || | | Confirmation. || -- 9, 8 P. M. | 9 | || -- 13, 9 A. M. | 153 | |+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------+

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