On the 14th January there was an urgent call from Inisheer, the most southerly of the Aran Isles, for a doctor. A heavy sea was running and a gale was threat- ening. No boat could be found to venture out, so the motor life-boat William. Evans was launched at 1.30 P.M. and took him. She arrived back at her station at 6 P.M.—No expense to the Institution..