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THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. 



CHAT. III. 



was thought advisable to send the baggage first, and try 

 to force our way up the river with the light canoes, as it 

 would involve much labour and great loss of time if we 

 were compelled to cut out a road for the large canoe 

 through close woods for more than a mile. On Wednes- 

 day (12th) work was begun in earnest. Each man was 



CUTTING OUT A ROAD. 



loaded with a heavy pack, and an ascent made to the 

 summit of a precipitous hill 240 feet high, in the rear of 

 the fishing station. This was the most difficult part of 

 the undertaking, the remaining portion of the path being 



