CHAPTER 20

The Rainy Season—The Question of Clothes—A Seal Hunt— Manufacturing Candles—Work in Granite House—The two Bridges— Return from a Visit to the Oyster-bed—What Herbert finds in his Pocket. The winter season set in with the month of June, which corresponds with the month of December in the Northern Hemisphere. It began with showers and squalls, which succeeded each other without intermission. The tenants of Granite House could appreciate the advantages of a dwelling which sheltered them from the incleme…