Lost in the Fog

-Round-about Plan of a round about Voyage.-The Doctor warns, rebukes, and remonst

were from Grand Pre School, and are all old acquaintances. There was the stalwart frame of Bruce, the Roman face of Arthur, the bright eyes of Bart, the slender frame of Phil, and the earnest glance of Tom. There, too, was Pat's merry smile, and the stolid look of Bogud, and the meditative solemnity of Jiggins, not to speak of others whose names need not

self. A fine fresh coat of coal tar had but recently ornamented her fair exterior, while a coat of whitewash inside the hold had done much to drive away the odor of

oats, cloaks, bedding, and baskets of provisions. The deck was strewn about with the multifarious requisites of a ship's c

tlemen worked their way through t

"well, captain, what's t

looked up from a desperate effort to

why, doctor!-how d'ye do?-and

k, and looked towards their tea

looking around with a smile; "are

ot 'xactly; fact is, we're kine o'

the

e o' want to go home by wa

water!" repeated Mr

n whitewashed up fust rate, I kine o' thought it would redound to our mootooil benefit if we went off

asily about. "I don't altogether li

Bart became spok

thought we'd like to go h

ated the doctor once mor

s,

the Bay

s,

are g

f us. Bruce, and Arthur, and Tom,

he doctor; "are they going

said Bart, w

dward's Island from the Bay of Fundy," said the doctor, "without going

Bruce; "we are goin

that th

s,

ill you go f

ac, and t

wfoundland by that route

" said Tom

Shed

s,

here were vessels going fro

first, sir, with Bruce and Arthur," said

ctor s

g journey before you reach home.

wanted to visit Bruce and Ar

re you going home

s,

ctly in a straight

I, s

e. This isn't the

I'm going to visit

d. And that is

id Bart. "Pat

e you goi

River, and go up it as far as Moncton, wher

d t

Phil, and Pat, and I will leave her.

going? Why, what can I do without Solomon? Here! Hallo

had dived at the first appearance of the doctor. His eyes were d

r, "what's this I hear? A

ah," said Solomon, very humbly, stealing

ff this way without aski

up as though horrified at his own wickednes

you going

ses sea vyge; sides, I got frens in St. Joh

want to go you'll find reasons enough; but at the

sah," sa

y n

lomon, with a broad grin, that insta

d then turning away, he spoke a

doesn't seem to me to be altogether safe, and I don't like to t

smi

omed to take care of ourselves; and besides, if you wanted a responsibl

s. Evidently neither of them attached any gre

ere going?" asked the doctor, after

re, he promised to charter a schooner for me to cr

ermission, to

of things. I was afraid that it was a whim of your own.

alculations, an I think I've got enough. What I

olomon?" aske

on gr

hold, I see," co

et now. We'll only be on board two or three days at the

more to say; only tak

and Mr. Long bade them goo

sel off. They themselves were all going to start for home in a few

as at the helm. All was ready. At length the word was given, the lines were cast off; and the Antelope moved slowly round, and left the wharf amid the chee

elf unable to withstand, and thus everything was gradually prepared. Other details were satisfactorily arranged, though not without much serious and earnest debate. The question of costume received very careful attention, and it was decided to adopt and wear the weather-beaten uniforms that had done service amidst mud and water on a former occasion. Solomon's presence was felt to be a security against any menacing famine; and that assurance was made doubly sure by the presence of a cook

a philosophic mind, an air of squalor might possibly have been detected. Yet what of that? The philosophic mind just alluded to would have overlooked the squalor, and regarded rather the health, the buoyant animal spirits, and the determined habit of enjoyment, which all the ship's company evinced, without exception. The first thing which they did in the way of preparation for the voyage was to doff the garments of civilized life, and to don the costu

and cloudless, and between them and the blue sky floated the flag, from whose folds the face looked benignantly down. The tide was now on the ebb, and as the wind was fair, both wind and tide united to bear them

cipated givin up this here occypation, an stayin to hum a nourishin of the infant. But man proposes, an woman disposes, as the sayin is,-an you see what I'm druv to. It's a great thing for a man to have a companion of sperrit, same as I have, that keeps a' drivin an a

l homesick," remarked

n. The infant drors me hum, the wife of my buzzum drives me away, an so thar it is, an I've got to knock under to the strongest power. An that's

for a few moments

ways, boys. I like to see you enjoy life. So, go in. Pitch in. Go ahead. Sing. Shout. Go on like mad. Carry on like all possessed, an

Tom. "We'll give you enough of that before we l

to contract sech a feelin beats me. I s'pose it's bein deprived of my babby, an exiled from home, an so my vacant buzzom craves to be filled. I've got a dreadful talent for doin the pariential, an what's more, not only for doin

ere the scene was grand and impressive in the extreme. On one side arose a lofty, precipitous cliff, which extended for miles, its sides scarred and tempest-torn, its crest fringed with trees, towering overhead many hundreds of feet, black, and menacing, and formidable. At its base was a steep beach, disclosed by the retreating tide, which had been formed by the accumulated masses of rock that had fallen in past ages from the cliffs above. These now, from the margin of the water up to high-water mark, were covered with a va

outline of Blomidon; and this termination, abrupt, and stern, and black, shows, in a concentrated form, the power of wind and wave. The cliff ends abrupt, broken off short, and beyond this arise from the water several giant fragments of rock, the first of which, shaped like an irregular pyramid, rivals the cliff itself in height, and is surrounded by other rocky fragments, a

nting to Cape Split, "is a place they call Scott'

rt. "Scott's Bay, do you call it? Yes, that must be th

it soon arter we get further down. It's a fishin and ship-bui

eyes. Here the wind ceased altogether, the water was smooth and calm, but the tide still swept them along, and the shores on each side receded, until at length they were fairly in the bay. Here, on one side, the coast of Nova Scotia spread away, until it

d is that?"

ptain Corbet, "

rd it called Ile

I believe it was named after the man that

e," said Tom; "Ile Hau

won't argufy-I dare say he was. There used to be a heap

wretched-looking place," said Tom,