318 THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. CHAP. xix. 



GHAPTEE XIX. 



THE MOISIE BAY TO SEVEN ISLANDS. 



Animal Life on the Coast Seven Islands Beauty of the Coast 



The Montagnais of Seven Islands in 1660 Their Fear of the 

 Iroquois The Nasquapees Otelne and Arkaske Fate of a Party 

 of Fifteen Nasquapees who had visited Seven Islands Domenique 



Otelne's Lodge Appearance of the Nasquapees Differences 

 between the Western and Eastern Indians ; between Montagnais, 

 Ojibways, and Crees Handsome Montagnais Women Habits of 

 the Nasquapees Their Fish-hooks A Visit to Otelne's Lodge 

 Curiosity of the Indians Interior of his Lodge Sea Oil A 

 Brush Fishery The Herring Fishery in the Gulf Habits and 

 prodigious Numbers of the Herring Mode of Catching this Fish 



Importance of the Herring Killing a Loon Squaws pre- 

 paring for Sunday Pere Amaud's Night Journey to the Moisie 



Reflections. 



Thursday, July 11, I left the Moisie fishing station, 

 with Gaudet, and walked along the coast to the 

 Bay of Seven Islands. The day was most delightful, 

 and the sea like a mirror. Porpoises in great numbers 

 were sporting near the shore ; gulls were hovering 

 over shoals of launce, and every uow and then darting 

 down among the finny crowd ; crabs were burrow- 

 ing in the sand after the receding tide, and an eagle 

 soared majestically above our heads towards the east. 

 Whether it was that magnificent bird the golden eagle, 

 I cannot say with certainty ; I thought it was at the time, 



