Field Notebook: Newfoundland 1910a
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that I should probably get to Blanc Sablon before evening. We remained in our tents until we got to Blanc Sablon. Our ship arrived safely with two sick men aboard at Cape Labrador at 2.30 P.M. The harbor is an open one, open to the Straits of Belle Isle, and fishing schooners have been come in all the afternoon to anchor for the night. This evening then must be ready to schooners in the harbor. After one boat had anchored Torchfield and I made for the Labrador shore once to girl off the Veronica and to rest. After running about for an hour we made for Mr. Grant's house, the agent of John Bros Fishing Establishment, to see if he would take us in his house for otherwise we would be unfit for work. He was glad to do so and now we are certain I don't mind comfortably. Brenfels Strathcona came in later in the afternoon and at tea we met the Deputy Lieutenant Armstrong and his assistant Martin. He is an Englishman primarily giving his services to Brenfell for one year and returns to London in September. The hills here are a series of ancient