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VILLACil-: AT I':SQUIMAUX POIXT. 



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tlie English tongue prevails universally; but many of the 

 Labradorians speak l)oth languages. 



The houses of the residents are constructed of wood, 

 brought ready prepared from Quebec, Gaspe, or New- 

 foundland. In process of time limestone, which abounds 

 on the Mingan Islands and elsewhere, will be em- 

 ployed by tliose who can afford that luxury. Writing- 

 in 1853, Mr. Bowen, Avho visited Labrador in that year, 

 states that the largest collection of buildings tlien on 

 the coast, sixteen in number, was at Sparr Point, the resi- 

 dence of Mr. S. Robertson, in the Bay of Tabatiere, 

 900 miles from Quebec. Generally the settlers live in 



ESQriM.vrx POINT, looking west. 



groups of two or thi'ce families four or five miles apart, 

 on what are locally termed seal-fishing berths, or pecheries. 

 At Esquimaux Point an Acadian village has sprung up, 

 and some excellent two-storied wooden houses give the 

 appearance of civilisation to this once desolate sliore. 



