July 8 - 1910. Friday Birch Cove. Took all our stuff to the Verbena and to get all in order preparatory to sailing. We at once found out that the launch is not in working order but Mr. Thorne said he would have another in two hours. The one we came to have is a very small affair and the gasoline engine appears to be sick and finally out of order. A large one belonging to an engineer at the head of the bay came about 10:30. Tarwhitell jumped in and in an hour he thought he had learned to run the engine. Have no doubt he and Kennedy will be able to run the launch provides it does not break down. There seems to be little to break excepting the spark plugs, and the battery will run down. It is these facts that we avoid totally in duplicate (They are more sent to us at Port an Craig) Bany got off in his schooner but as we had to get the one barrel of gasoline across the bay (1 1/4 miles) we had to go to the hotel for our dinners. The day is sultry and warm with enough wind to take us down the bay this afternoon. The man came back and reported our gasoline at Semmerside and as we can not get away