[Left on Labrador by Charles Asbury Stephens]@TWC D-Link bookLeft on Labrador INTRODUCTION 2/2
It is an account of their first yacht-cruise north.
The schooner "Curlew," with the party, sailed from "Squam" (Gloucester, north village) on the 10th of June. On the 7th of July they made Cape Resolution on the north side of the entrance of Hudson Straits.
Thenceforward, till their escape from that icy passage in August, their voyage was one continued series of startling adventures amid some of the grandest and most terrible scenery the earth affords. Of the plan of self-education adopted and acted upon by these young gentlemen we may remark, that it is singularly bold and original in its conception.
If persevered in, we have no doubt that the result will fully justify their expectations.
Unless we are much mistaken, it will be, as they modestly hope, a pioneer movement, looking to a much-needed revolution in the present sedentary programme of collegiate study. LEFT ON LABRADOR..
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