52 In Great Waters

the ladies had suffered severely with attacks of
mal de mer. I do not know of any place where
one is so conscious of the might and mastery of the
sea, for here you land only if it permits, and you
stay only so long as it may allow. This time, how-
ever, the sea remained calm and we had a delight-
ful visit with the Lawrences. Music, conversation,
a little religious service, and a cup of tea together
made happy memories to be carried away as we left.
There are thirteen lighthouses at which there are
lightkeepers stationed, north of Queen Charlotte
Sound, on the British Columbia coast, and surely
these men and women should be given visitation
and such Christian ministration as is possible
through the Marine work, but little regular work is
attempted owing to lack of a suitable boat.

In this connection may I strongly urge that one
of the large boats of the fleet (my own boat would do)
be detached from regular work and so enabled to
give special attention to the cannery work. Be-
ginning at Rivers’ and Smith’s Inlets, and continu-
ing to the Skeena and Naas Rivers and other points
North, then on across to the Queen Charlotte Is-
lands, the boat could give service during the ‘‘ peak”’
period at each place. The season begins earliest
at the points first named, and then continues until
the middle of October in the last named district.
This boat could also maintain regular visitation of
the lighthouses as named above, and could cover
portions of the coast not served by any other boat
during the time between the close of the cannery