Had we done as they advised, we should have stayed at home.

I shall not take it upon me to say what we _ought_ to have done.

As a matter of fact, we went, or this narrative would never have been written.

Nor can I say conscientiously, by way of moral, that we were ever, for any great length of time, sorry that we went: on the contrary, I now believe it far the best way we could have spent our money; though the experience was a rough one.

It may also be added, that we did not publicly state our intention of going so far north as Labrador; one reason for this being, that we were in no wise certain we should go farther than St.
John's, Newfoundland.
Our "saloon" was arranged with a sort of _divan_, or wide seat, along the starboard-side, at about chair-height.