er on a shelf. Our generous host had almost to hang himself on a
hook. The dogs went hungry. But as we boiled our kettle, all agreed
that we would not have exchanged the experience for ten rides in a
Pullman Car.

Largely through the zeal of my colleague, Dr. Arthur Wakefield, of
Kendal, England, and that of my cousin, Mr. Martyn Spencer, of New
Zealand, a band of the Legion of Frontiersmen had been brought into
being all along this section of coast, in spite of the scattered
nature of the population. The idea was that having to depend so
largely on the use of their guns, and being excellent shots with a
bullet, the men would make good snipers and scouts if ever there were
war. True, most of our people called it "playing soldiers," and no one
took seriously that we were ever likely to be called upon to fight;
but all Dr. Wakefield's hopes and fears were realized and our lads
made both brave soldiers and excellent marksmen.

[Illustration: On the Way Home
DOG TRAVEL]

[Illustration: Carrying a Sick Dog
DOG TRAVEL]

Dr. and Mrs. Wakefield have given several years of both medical and
industrial work for the people of this coast, both in St. Anthony,
Forteau, Mud Lake, and Battle Harbour.

Alas, the functions of superintendent involved executive duties, and I
had once again to run to St. John's, during the following summer, for
a meeting of the Board of Directors. With true Christian unselfishness
these men come all the way from Ottawa, New York, and Boston, to help
with their counsel so relatively unimportant a work as ours. Sir
Walter Davidson again lent his heartiest cooperation. The people owe
him, Sir Herbert Murray, Sir Henry MacCallum, Sir William MacGregor,
Sir Ralph Williams, Sir Alexander Harris, and all the long line of
their Governors, more than most of them realize. They bring all the
inspiration of the best type of educated, widely experienced, and
travelled Englishmen to this Colony. They are specially trained and
specially selected men, and can give their counsel and leadership
absolutely untrammelled by any local prejudices.

One excellent outcome of this particular meeting was the
reorganization on a larger scale of the Girls' Committee for the
Institute. The success of it has been phenomenal. Together with its
protective work it has aimed at that most difficult task of creating
in them sufficient ambition to make the girls receiving very small
wages want to pay for a better environmen