152 THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. CHAP. ix. 



fined to the deep valley, not extending one hundred feet 

 above it on the first gentle slope of the rocks, where 

 shallow remains of drift had been preserved, or a soil had 

 been formed by the washings from above. 



Late in the afternoon we all started with a load, in- 

 tending to camp at the other end of the portage, and 

 bring the remaining part of the things over on the 

 following day. I walked a considerable part of the way 

 with Laronde, a French Canadian, who, being talkative, 

 told me some incidents of his life, one of which is related 

 in the following chapter. 



