. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 78 HETURN TO ST JOHNS. but what they require is food, not physic. On the 9th October the ship proceeded to T^avk Harbour, where there arc eight fomilies—about forty people—in the same sad state of destitu- tion as in other parts of the bay. Oct. 11th.—Returned to Petipas Cove. Many peo^jle came oft' to see the doctor. There is now no doctor or magistrate in the l)ay, and the people are too j)ooi' to pay for a medical man. This destitution is sad to behold, and there see
. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 78 HETURN TO ST JOHNS. but what they require is food, not physic. On the 9th October the ship proceeded to T^avk Harbour, where there arc eight fomilies—about forty people—in the same sad state of destitu- tion as in other parts of the bay. Oct. 11th.—Returned to Petipas Cove. Many peo^jle came oft' to see the doctor. There is now no doctor or magistrate in the l)ay, and the people are too j)ooi' to pay for a medical man. This destitution is sad to behold, and there seems no remedy for it. Our visit is looked forward to as a godsend, for the money spent by the ship is a great help, and the poor people feel they are not altogether abandoned or for- gC'tten in the world. We left the Bay of Is- lands finally on 13th October, and after coaling at Sydney, Cape Breton, returned to St John's on the 18th, and soon afterwards joined the Admiral at Halifax. The above description, which I have copied word for word from my fishery journal, will give to any one who has taken the trouble to follow the somewhat monotonous daily routine, a fair idea of the duties of one of her Majesty's ships on the fif of roses i the risks tion of til fogs, vari and abuij fruitful S( the otlier I a (liploni; fine the t ;l w'lich, vih i ^ one is doi of-tlie-Wfi} neglected man, t]ier( ment, eitli permits ; l»endenee I '.i* 5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kennedy, W. R. (William Robert), Sir, 1838-1916. Edinburgh; London : W. Blackwood
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