 He knew nothing- of the reefs, the tides, the currents, cared nothing, apparently, for the winds; he sailed with the confidence and reckless courage of a Labrador skipper. Fearing at times to trust his schooner in unknown waters, he went about in a whaleboat,...  Dr. Grenfell's Parish: The Deep Sea Fisherman - Page 45by Norman Duncan - 1905 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
 | norman duncan - 1905 - 212 pages
...time of the break-up until the fall gales have driven the fishing-schooners home to harbour. aJf. al t VI FAITH and DUTY WHEN Dr. Grenfell first appeared...steam-launch, the Princess May —her beam was eight feet!—in which he 55 not only journeyed from St. Johns to Labrador, to the astonishment of the whole... | |
 | 1908 - 88 pages
...out to sea, many times nearly swamped, once blown on the rocks ; never before was a boat put to^Such tasks on that coast, and at the end of it she was...Princess May — her beam was eight feet! — in which he not only journeyed from St. John's to Labrador, to the astonishment of the whole colony, but sailed... | |
 | Melville Weston Fuller - 1911 - 440 pages
...wore her out in a single season. She was capsized with all hands, once driven out to sea, many tunes nearly swamped, once blown on the rocks; never before...beyond repair. Next season he appeared with a little steam launch, the "Princess May" — her beam was eight feet! — in which he not only journeyed from... | |
 | Ella Flagg Young, Walter Taylor Field - 1915 - 392 pages
...out in a single season. She was capsized with all hands, once driven out to sea, many times nearly a swamped, once blown on the rocks; never before was...beyond repair. Next season he appeared with a little steam launch, the Princess May, in which he not only journeyed from St. John's to Labrador, to the... | |
 | Mary Augusta Laselle - 1920 - 208 pages
...that lovely farm and those good and noble friends. — HAMLIN GARLAND. VIII DR. GRENFELL'S PARISH! When Dr. Grenfell first appeared on the coast, I am...May — her beam was eight feet ! — in which he not only journeyed from St. Johns to Labrador, to the astonishment of the whole colony, but sailed... | |
 | 1905 - 1082 pages
...from the time of the break-up until the fall gales have driven the fishing-schooners home to harbor. When Dr. Grenfell first appeared on the coast, I am...Princess May — her beam was eight feet! — in which he not only journeyed from St. John's to Labrador, to the astonishment of the whole colony, but sailed... | |
 | 1905 - 1102 pages
...from the time of the break-up until the fall gales have driven the fishing-schooners home to harbor. When Dr. Grenfell first appeared on the coast, I am...appeared with a little steam-launch, the Princess Mai/ — her beam was eight feet ! — in which he not only journeyed from St. John's to Labrador,... | |
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