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The steamer will sail at 11 P.M. One after
tenth is in the front part of the boat.
July 6 - 1910 Wednesday,
The steamer Bruce behaved nicely during
the night and we arrived at Potomac Boquey before
seven A.M. on a beautiful bright morning. The air
is crisp and cool. The rocks stick out everywhere
and there is not a tree in sight along the sea front.
Further south, there is a low fresh and in the Codroy
County some farming.
Arrived at Biddle Cove, Bay of Islands at
3.30 and put off at the Tournier Street boarding
house run by Jas. Parsons.
We then called on Mr. Thorne, the man
in charge of Ayre & Sons Store a branch of
the St. John's House. A very quiet man of
few words.
Landed on the Vertona and met one
shipper Tom Kennedy, The second man, Mr. Lynch,
and Tom O'Shea the cook known as Uncle Tom. It
is a boat more than four times as large as
Poires' boat and will hold the fire man and
all our belongings easy. Like fishermen schooner
there is nothing to brag about. Our sleeping berths
are mere holes with the smears of bilge.