Extracts from a Journal of a Voyage of Visitation in the "Hawk," 1859

by Edward Feild

but this Bay of Islands' edition contained additions which I had never heard, and could not comprehend. And the poor mother, who stood by (the girl kneeling), sadly perplexed and distressed me by asking whether this and that was right. I had no difficulty in telling her that it was not right, when her child, in repeating the Creed, went straight, as I observed several others did, "I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth," to—"from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead."

Tuesday, August 9th. Bay of Islands, and at sea.—It was grievous, very grievous, to depart without visiting the other families about in this bay—fully one hundred and twenty professed members of the Church; but I dared not make any longer delay; and Frenchman's Cove, where the Church-ship had joined us and was now anchored, is a difficult place to get out of with a head-wind. It took us nearly three hours to make our escape, not so much, however, through head-wind as no wind. We had then to beat across the bay, and did not reach the open sea till nearly six o'clock P.M. There we found the old, unrelenting S.W. directly ahead, and soon got into a heavy sea; a poor prospect for the night.

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AN ACCOUNT

Of the Places visited, with the time of Arriving at and Sailing from the same, and of the Distances between them, by the Bishop of Newfoundland, in his Visitation of the Northern and Southern Shores of Newfoundland, in the Summer of 1859.

Sailed from.	Date.	Arrived at.	Date.	Distance in Miles.	Services performed.
St. John's	June 29, 2 P.M.	Twillingate	July 1, 9 P.M.	180	Sunday Services, Holy Communion.
Twillingate	July 6, 9 A.M.	Little Harbour Deep	July 7, 9½ P.M.	75	Two Services, Baptisms.
Little Harbour Deep	July 9, 3½ A.M.	Little Coney Arm.	July 9, 12 Night.	19	Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Baptisms.
Little Coney Arm	July 11, 4½ A.M.	Havling Point	July 11, 10 A.M.	11	Afternoon Service, Baptisms, Marriages.
Havling Point	July 12, 5 A.M.	Jackson's Arm	July 12, 11 A.M.	8
Jackson's Arm	July 12, 1 P.M.	Sop Island	July 12, 4 P.M.	5	Two Services, Baptisms, Marriages.
Sop Island	July 13, 3 P.M.	Gold Cove	July 13, 7½ P.M.	16	Two Services, Holy Communion, Baptisms, Marriages.
Gold Cove	July 15, 6½ A.M.	Purbeck Cove	July 15, 10 A.M.	13	Afternoon Service, Baptisms, One Marriage.
Purbeck Cove	July 16, 4½ A.M.	Seal Cove	July 16, 8 P.M.	15½	Sunday Service, Holy Communion, Baptisms, One Marriage, Afternoon Service, July 18.
Seal Cove	July 19, 9½ A.M.	Hooping Harbour	July 21, 3 P.M.	42	Afternoon Service, Baptisms, Churching.
Hooping Harbour	July 22, 5 A.M.	Englée Harbour	July 22, 12½ P.M.	8	Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Baptisms, Daily Service.
Englée Harbour	July 27, 10 A.M.	Forteau	July 29, 10 A.M.	122	Sunday Services, Holy Communion.
Forteau	Aug. 2, 5 A.M.	Lark Harbour	Aug. 7, 10 A.M.	161	Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Baptisms.
Lark Harbour	Aug. 8, 10 A.M.	McIvor's Cove	Aug. 8, 1 P.M.	10	Afternoon Service, Baptisms.
McIvor's Cove	Aug. 8, 4 P.M.	Frenchman's Cove	Aug. 8, 5 P.M.	3	Baptisms.
Frenchman's Cove	Aug. 9, 10 A.M.	Sandy Point	Aug. 13, 7 A.M.	103	Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation, Consecration of Graveyard, Afternoon Service.
Sandy Point	Aug. 5, 11½ P.M.	Barrysway	Aug. 16, 2 P.M.	18	Afternoon Service, Confirmation.
Barrysway	Aug. 16, 7 P.M.	Codroy	Aug. 18, 5½ P.M.	40	Two Services, Confirmation, Consecration of Graveyard.
Codroy	Aug. 19, 10 P.M.	Channel	Aug. 20, 5 P.M.	24	Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation, Consecration of Graveyard.
Channel	Aug. 23, 9 A.M.	Burnt Islands	Aug. 23, 1 P.M.	10	Afternoon Service, Confirmation, Consecration of Graveyard.
Burnt Islands	Aug. 23, 6 P.M.	Channel	Aug. 23, 8 P.M.	10	Saint's day Services.
Channel	Aug. 26, 1 P.M.	Rose Blanche	Aug. 26, 8 P.M.	15	Morning Service.
Rose Blanche	Aug. 27, 12 NOON.	La Poele	Aug. 27, 5 P.M.	15	Sunday Services, Holy Communion & Confirmation, Morning Service, Holy Communion and Confirmation, Aug. 29.
La Poele	Aug. 30, 6 A.M.	Burgeo	Aug. 30, 10½ A.M.	33	Three Services, Holy Communion, Two Confirmations, Consecration of Church.
Burgeo	Sept. 3, 8 A.M.	New Harbour	Sept. 3, 6 P.M.	47
New Harbour	Sept. 4, 9 A.M.	Rencontre	Sept. 4, 10 A.M.	3	Morning Service, Holy Communion, Confirmation.
Rencontre	Sept. 4, 1 P.M.	New Harbour	Sept. 4, 2 P.M.	3	Afternoon Service, Confirmation, Consecration of Graveyard.
New Harbour	Sept. 5, 8 A.M.	Push-through	Sept. 5, 7 P.M.	20	Two Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation.
Push-through	Sept. 6, 6 P.M.	Hermitage Cove	Sept. 6, 9½ P.M.	13	Three Services, Holy Communion, Two Confirmations.
Hermitage Cove	Sept. 8, 2 P.M.	Pickaree	Sept. 8, 3½ P.M.	3	Afternoon Service, Consecration of Graveyard.
Pickaree	Sept. 8, 5 P.M.	Gaultois	Sept. 8, 5½ P.M.	3	Consecration of Graveyard.
Gaultois	Sept. 8, 10 P.M.	Hermitage Cove	Sept. 8, 10½ P.M.	3
Hermitage Cove	Sept. 9, 10½ A.M.	Cannaigre Harbour	Sept. 9, 12 Noon.	8	Morning Service, Consecration of Graveyard.
Cannaigre Harbour	Sept. 9, 3 P.M.	Harbour Breton	Sept. 9, 4 P.M.	3
Harbour Breton	Sept. 10, 10 A.M.	Little Bay	Sept. 10, 11½ A.M.	5	Consecration of Graveyard.
Little Bay	Sept. 10, 2 P.M.	Harbour Breton	Sept. 10, 3½ P.M.	5	Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation, Consecration of Graveyard.
Harbour Breton	Sept. 13, 7 A.M.	English Harbour	Sept. 13, 11 A.M.	15	Morning Service, Confirmation.
English Harbour	Sept. 13, 4½ P.M.	Belleoram	Sept. 13, 7 P.M.	7	Three Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation.
Belleoram	Sept. 16, 5 A.M.	Harbour Breton	Sept. 16, 3½ P.M.	22	Evening Service.
Harbour Breton	Sept. 17, 8 A.M.	Brunet	Sept. 17, 2½ P.M.	9	Prayers, Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation, Consecration of Graveyard.
Brunet	Sept. 18, 3 P.M.	Harbour Breton	Sept. 18, 6 P.M.	9
Harbour Breton	Sept. 19, 5 A.M.	Lamaline	Sept. 20, 1 P.M.	45	Two Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation.
Lamaline	Sept. 21, 2½ P.M.	St. Lawrence	Sept. 21, 6 P.M.	21	Two Services, Confirmation, Consecration of Graveyard.
St. Lawrence	Sept. 23, 5 A.M.	Burin	Sept. 23, 1 P.M.	16	Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation.
Burin	Sept. 26, 10 A.M.	Rock Harbour	Sept. 26, 1 P.M.	15	Afternoon Service, Confirmation.
Rock Harbour	Sept. 26, 4½ P.M.	Mortier Bay	Sept. 26, 6 P.M.	6
Mortier Bay	Sept. 28, 10 A.M.	Oderin	Sept. 28, 3½ P.M.	17	Afternoon Service, Sept. 28, Saint's day Services, Sept. 29, Holy Communion, Confirmation.
Oderin	Sept. 30, 8 A.M.	Harbour Breton	Sept. 30, 4 P.M.	34
Harbour Breton	Oct. 1, 10 A.M.	Spencer's Cove	Oct. 1, 2½ P.M.	9	Afternoon Service, Confirmation, Consecration of Graveyard.
Spencer's Cove	Oct. 1, 6 P.M.	Harbor Buffet	Oct. 1, 11½ P.M.	9	Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation, Afternoon Services, Oct. 3 and 4.
Harbour Buffet	Oct. 5, A.M.	Arnold's Cove	Oct. 5, 9½ A.M.	16	Morning Service, Confirmation.
Arnold's Cove	Oct. 5, 1½ P.M.	Woody Island	Oct. 6, 12½ A.M.	9	Morning Service, Confirmation.
Woody Island	Oct. 6, 1 P.M.	Burgeo	Oct. 6, 5½ P.M.	12
Burgeo	Oct. 9, 6¼ P.M.	Isle of Valen	Oct. 9, 10 A.M.	9	Sunday Services, Holy Communion, Confirmation.
Isle of Valen	Oct. 9, 5 P.M.	Burgeo	Oct. 9, 8 P.M.	9
Burgeo	Oct. 11, 5 A.M.	St. John's	Oct. 13, 9 A.M.	153
Places visited 48, of which 34 were visited in the Church-ship, and 14 in boat: Holy Communion, 23 times: Consecrated 1 Church and 13 Cemeteries: Confirmations, 28.

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