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Animals of Labrador ^ro«^//i»ec? 

 wolves, i. 193 

 animals of Labrador compared with 



those of the valley of the Saskat- 

 chewan, i. 223 

 animals in former times in Labrador, 



i. 224 

 absence of animal life in the Burnt 



Country, i. 235 

 animal life along the coast of the 



Moisie Bay, i. 318 

 wild fowl of Seven Islands, i. 320 

 herring and mackerel of Seven 



Islands, i. 320 

 whiskey jack, or Canadian jay, ii. 



15 

 animal life in the Bay of Seven Is- 

 lands, ii. 29 

 puffins, vast numbers of, on the 



Perroquets, ii. 48 

 walruses formerly in the Bay of St. 



Lawrence, ii. 49 

 swarms of fish in the Bayof Chaleurs, 



ii. C7 

 Bwarms of gannets on the Bird Rocks, 



ii. 67 

 other birds which breed on the Bird 



Rocks, ii. 68 

 fish and quadrupeds of the island of 



Anticosti, ii. 70 

 absence of reptiles on the island of 



Anticosti, ii. 70 

 curious migration of animals on the 



river St. Augustine every third or 



fourth year, ii. 135 

 Labrador dogs, ii. 155 

 animal life on the north-east coast 



eighty years since, ii. 192 

 Anser bernicla, or brent goose, i. 1 6 



— its habits, i. 17, note 

 Anticosti, Island of, ii. 49 



— discovery and former names of, ii. 69 



— its area and extent, ii. 70 



— its dense forests of dwarf spruce on 

 the coast, ii. 70 



— and timber in the interior, ii. 70 



— abundance of fish, ii. 70 



— animals of the island, ii. 70 



— absence of good natural harbours, 

 ii." 70 



— establishment of provision posts on, 

 ii. 71 



— Mr. Roche's observations on the 

 navigation of the island, ii. 71, note 



— Mr. Richardson's survey, ii. 72 



— soil of the island, ii. 72, 78, 79 



— trees, ii. 72, 73, 82 



— fruit-bearing trees and shrubs, ii. 73 



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Anticosti, Island of — continued 



— wild peas, ii. 74 



— agricultural capabilities of the is- 

 land, ii. 74 



— climate of the island, ii. 76, 79, 80 



— fogs, ii. 76 



— cattle, ii. 76, 83 



— Mr. Richardson's remarks on the 

 only two natural harbours, ii. 76 



— extent of the peat plains, ii. 78 



— squared timber scattered over the 

 south coast, ii. 79 



— level character of the island, ii. 79 



— importance of Anticosti to Canada, 

 ii. 81, 85 



— salt and salines on the coast, ii. 82 



— economic materials existing in the 

 island, ii. 83 



— fisheries on the coast, ii. 83 

 Arctic current, passage by which it 



finds its way to the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence, ii. 60 

 Arkaske, the Indian, at Seven Islands, 

 i. 321 



— Arkaske in the Roman Catholic 

 chapel, i. 337 



— invited to dinner, i. 341 



— his physique, i. 345 



Arnaud, Pere, his description of a salt- 

 water spring at the foot of a hill, i. 

 195, 196 



— his description of a voyage up the 

 Manicouagan river, i. 196 



— his difficulties, i. 198-200 



— his return, i. 200 



— his account of Indian cannibalism 

 quoted, i. 244 



— his influence over the Indians, i. 332 



— an instance of his charity, self- 

 denial, and daring, i. 332 



— his departure from Seven Islands, 

 i. 350 



— his evidence of the condition of the 

 Montagnais Indians, ii. 119 



Arrows of the Nasquapee Indians, i. 



292; ii. 106 

 Ascension Isle, a name of Anticosti, ii. 



69 

 Ash, mountain, of Anticosti, ii. 73 

 Ashwanipi Lake, i. 10 



— full of ice in June, i. 81 

 Ashwanipi, or Hamilton River, i. 12 



— its existence mentioned by Mr. W. 

 H. A. Davies in 1842, i. 12 



— his description of it quoted, i. 13 



— its falls and rapids, i. 13 



— its supposed source, i. 13 



— its course to the sea, i. 14 



