And that life is chequered with good and ill.

If we know ’tis well that such change should be,

What do we learn from the things we see?—

That an erring and sinning child of dust

Should not wonder nor murmur, but hope and trust.”—Hall.

S.S. ALERT.
From a Photo by the late J. Dodd, lost with the S.S. Alert.

CHAPTER IV.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ALERT.