Arrival At Hopedale, The Southern Station
Hopedale, Zoar, Nain, Okak, Hebron, Raman; these are our Labrador mission-stations in order from south to north, and as we visited them in the “Harmony,” with one exception. From Okak we went straight to Ramah, and returned southward to Hebron, whence we sailed for Europe. Each station consists of the mission premises and a group of Eskimo dwellings, situated on the shore of a bay, affording safe and convenient anchorage for the ship which brings supplies. From Hopedale to Ramah is about 250 miles, “as the crow flies,” but the ship traverses a hundred miles more in its passages from place to place. The distances between the stations are about as follows:—
| Hopedale to Zoar | 90 miles |
| Okak to Hebron | 70 miles. |
| Zoar to Nain | 40 ″ |
| Hebron to Ramah | 60 ″ |
| Nain to Okak | 80 ″ |
The accompanying log of our voyage gives a résumé of its history. I will take up my more detailed sketches on the day when we arrived at Hopedale, the southern station.