gave little books to all who desired them. Though most of them had a
considerable distance to return, they seemed unwilling to leave me and
the vessel, and I was in no hurry to dismiss them. It was very sad
indeed to think that the meeting and intercourse, after so long delay,
and with so little prospect of being renewed, should be so short, when
so many important things had to be done, and alas! so many left
undone!

_Saturday, July 16th. Purbeck Cove, at sea, and Seal Cove._--At five
o'clock sent letters on board Mr. C----'s vessel, to be forwarded
_via_ Greenspond to St. John's. Sailed for Seal Cove (fourteen or
fifteen miles); for three hours no wind, and then wind ahead, so that
we did not reach our harbour till eight o'clock P.M., happy and
thankful to reach it then, having in remembrance the difficulties and
anxieties of last Saturday night. In this Cove, which, at this season,
and all seasons when the wind is not strong from N.W., is a splendid
harbour, are only two families; but one boat's load had preceded us
from Purbeck Cove to profit by the Sunday services. We found the
people on shore (a family of Osmonds), very thankful for our coming,
though a Roman Catholic family had just arrived to spend the Sunday
with them. How so many people are lodged and accommodated (there must
be twenty-five now here) in one small hut is difficult to understand.
I know not how to be thankful enough for the mercies and comforts of
the past week. This is the eighth harbour I have been anchored in,
this week, and in six I have held services; and except in entering
Little Coney Arm, have encountered neither difficulty nor delay. The
winds have been generally fair, the weather always fine; the people,
without exception, grateful for our visits and services. Ninety-two
persons of various ages have been formally received into the Church;
eight couples married; one person admitted to the Lord's Supper;
nearly one hundred and eighty of all ages have been present at the
services. The bread has been cast upon the waters, may it be found.

_Fourth Sunday after Trinity, July 17th. Seal Cove._--I was pleased to
find that two families had followed in their boats, from a harbour we
have already visited, to attend the services on board. The head of the
family resident here (in Seal Cove) is Joseph Osmond, a younger
brother of Basil; he had lost his wife last fall in giving birth to
her twelfth child, and he could not speak of her without tea