THE SECOND VOLUME. XI 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF Tx^E NORTH SHORE OF THE GULF OF 

 ST. LAWRENCE AND OF THE COAST OF LABRADOR. 



Divisions of the Coast — The King s Posts — The Seigneurie ofMingan 



— Tlie Coast of Labrador — Hudson's Bay Company — Gradual 

 Settlement of the Coast — Prepared Timber for Building Purposes 

 procured from Quebec — Climate of Part of the North Shore — 

 Aspect of the Coast — The Atlantic Coast — The Atlantic Swell — 

 Esqiiimaux Bay — Scenery of the Bay — Rigolette — Ungava Bay — 

 The Fisheries of the Coast — INIigratory Population — Permanent 

 Population of the Canadian Coast of the Gulf — Produce of the 

 Canadian Coast in 1852 and 1861 — Timber of the North-east 

 Coast — Cartwright's Description of the Forests . . page 181 



CHAPTER XXXm. 



CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSIONS ON THE GULF AND LABRADOR 

 COASTS — MORAVIAN MISSIONS. 



Journal of the Bishop of Newfoundland — The first Consecration of 

 a Church on the Labrador — Brief History of the Church of England 

 on the Labrador — Resident Ministers — The Mission House at 

 Forteau Bay — The first Confirmation — English Point — The first 

 Church on the Labrador Proper, since the Destruction of Brest, 

 consecrated by a Bishop of the Church of England — The Bishop of 

 Newfoundland on the Im2:)ortance of the Labrador Fisheries — 

 Visitation of 1861 — The Church Ship — Meeting of the Bishops 

 of Quebec and Newfoundland at Forteau Bay, in 1861 — Two 

 Bishops, assisted by three Clergymen, celebrate the Church Service 

 on the Lalwador — Nvimber of People belonging to the Church of 

 England on the North Shore of the Gulf — The Moravian Missions 



— Stations — Character of the Missionary Work — Climate of these 

 Stations 194 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



THE SEAL FISHERY. 



Excitement of the Seal Fishery — IMigrations of the Seal — Habits of 

 the Seal — Capabilities of the Seal — The Harbour Seal — Cause of 



