MY ARRIVAL AT VINAL HAVEN.

them for the market. They supply the market with great
quantities of cod, mackerel and boxed herring.

Upon this island there were two stores, three tide saw mills,
six school houses and a small branch of the Methodist church,
presided over by a priest.

What timber there is upon this island, such as pine, fir,
spruce, hemlock and birch, and the whortleberries, rasp-
berries and gooseberries, mostly grow out of the
cracks of the rocks.

Great quantities of fish, and in almost endless variety,
inhabit the coves and harbors around the islands. The whale,
blackfish, shark, ground shark, pilot-fish, horse mackerel,
sturgeon, salmon, halibut, cod, pollock, tom cod, hake, had-
dock, mackerel, shad bass, alewife, herring, pohagen,
dolphin, whiting, frost-fish, flounders, smelt, skate, shrimp,
skid, cusk, blueback, scallop, dogfish, muttonfish, lumpfish,
squid, five-fingers, monkfish, horsefish, sunfish, swordfish,
thrasher, cat, scuppog, tootog, eye fish, cunner, ling, also the
eel, lobster, clam, muscle, periwinkle, porpoise, seal, etc., are
found there.

Thus I have given a brief description of Vinal Haven. It
was quite dark when we landed there, without a farthing in
money. We made our way over the rocks and through the
cedars the best way we could, until we found a house, when
we rapped at the door, A woman put her head out of the
window and asked who was there and what was wanted.

I told her we were two strangers, and wanted a bed to lie
down upon until morning.

She let us in and gave us a bed, and we slept until quite
late, it being Sunday morning. When we came out and took
breakfast it was nearly noon. I asked her what she charged
for our entertainment, and she replied that we were welcome.

I then asked her if there was any religion or minister or
church on the island.

She informed me there was a Baptist minister, by the name
of Newton, who had a congregation and a meeting-house about
five miles from there.

We thanked her for her kindness, walked to the meeting-
house and stepped inside the doorway. We stood there until

MY ARRIVAL AT VINAL HAVEN.

them for the market. They supply the market with great quantities of cod, mackerel and boxed herring.

Upon this island there were two stores, three tide saw mills, six school houses and a small branch of the Methodist church, presided over by a priest.

What timber there is upon this island, such as pine, fir, spruce, hemlock and birch, and the whortleberries, raspberries and gooseberries, mostly grow out of the cracks of the rocks.

Great quantities of fish, and in almost endless variety, inhabit the coves and harbors around the islands. The whale, blackfish, shark, ground shark, pilot-fish, horse mackerel, sturgeon, salmon, halibut, cod, pollock, tom cod, hake, haddock, mackerel, shad bass, alewife, herring, pohagen, dolphin, whiting, frost-fish, flounders, smelt, skate, shrimp, skid, cusk, blueback, scallop, dogfish, muttonfish, lumpfish, squid, five-fingers, monkfish, horsefish, sunfish, swordfish, thrasher, cat, scuppog, tootog, eye fish, cunner, ling, also the eel, lobster, clam, muscle, periwinkle, porpoise, seal, etc., are found there.

Thus I have given a brief description of Vinal Haven. It was quite dark when we landed there, without a farthing in money. We made our way over the rocks and through the cedars the best way we could, until we found a house, when we rapped at the door, A woman put her head out of the window and asked who was there and what was wanted.

I told her we were two strangers, and wanted a bed to lie down upon until morning.

She let us in and gave us a bed, and we slept until quite late, it being Sunday morning. When we came out and took breakfast it was nearly noon. I asked her what she charged for our entertainment, and she replied that we were welcome.

I then asked her if there was any religion or minister or church on the island.

She informed me there was a Baptist minister, by the name of Newton, who had a congregation and a meeting-house about five miles from there.

We thanked her for her kindness, walked to the meetinghouse and stepped inside the doorway. We stood there until