INDEX. 



279 



FIS 



Fisheries — continued 



— bounties paid by the Canadian Go- 

 vernment, ii. 246 



— suggestions for the encouragement 

 of the Canadian fisheries, ii. 247 



Fish-hooks used by the Nasquapee In- 

 dians, i. 201, 324 

 Fishing-lines of the Nasquapees, ii. 107 

 Fishing-nets of the Nasquapee Indians, 

 i. 292 



— Mr. Tetu's, at Moisie Bay, i. 296, 

 297 



— of the Nasquapees, ii. 107 

 Fishing-spoons of the Esquimaux, i. 2i"]6 

 Fishing-station on the Moisie Bay, i. 



296 

 Fish ofFal, disposal of, in Labrador and 

 Newfoundland, i. 308 



— remarks on the conversion of fish 

 offal into manures, i. 309 



— the works at Concarneau, i. 309 

 Flesh wounds, Indian remedy for, i. 189 

 Flood of Nanakboozho, the Odahwah 



legend of the, i. 62 

 Flowers of the woods near Cold Water 



River portage, i. 118 

 Fogs in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, ii. 



58, 64 



— Admiral Bayfield on the probable 

 causes of the fogs in tlie Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence and on the Banks of New- 

 foundland, ii. 64 



— of Anticosti, ii. 76 



Food of the Indians in the mountains 

 and on the coasts of Labrador, i. 4 



— rabbits but poor food, i. 108 

 Forest on the banks of the iMoisie 



river, i. 23 

 Fort, discovery of an old French, far 



up the Saugenay, ii. 119 

 Forteau Bay, the English church at, ii. 



195, 19G, 197 

 Fox Bay, distance across the mouth of, 



ii. 76 



— wreck of the ' Granicus ' at, ii. 80 

 Foxes, eifect of strychnine on, i. 27 

 Fox Harbour, Christian Esquimaux at, 



ii. 198 

 France, importance of the North 

 American fisheries to France, ii. 215 



— the convention between her Majesty 

 and the Emperor of the French rela- 

 tive to the rights of fishery on the 

 coast, ii. 220 



— the French illegal traffic in ' bait,' 

 ii. 225 



— bounties paid by France to its 

 fishermen, ii. 227 



GEO 



France — continued 



— testimony of a French official 

 specting the value of the North 

 American fisheries, ii. 227 



Frost-bites, Indian remedy for, i. 189 

 Fruit-bearing trees and shrubs of the 



Ungava district, ii. 145 

 Funeral rites of the Indians, i. 169- 



172 



— of the Swampy Crees, i. 170 



Fur of the caribou, or reindeer, i. 215 

 Fur-bearing animals of Labrador, i. 8 



— poison used by traders for killing 

 the fur-bearing animals, i. 27 



— the valley of the Manicouagan 

 river rich in some parts in the, i. 195 



Fur-trade, value of the fur of the 

 marten, i. 45 



— amount of furs traded by the 

 Montagnais Indians, ii. 118, note 



GAGNON, Mr., his account of ati 

 earthquake near St. Paul's Bay 

 quoted, i. 257 

 Gamache Bay, ii. 73-75 



— distance across the mouth of, ii. 76 



— Admiral Bayfield's remarks on the 

 Bay, ii. 84, note 



Gambling, passion of the Indians for, 

 i. 283 



— of the Ojibway and Crees, i. 283 



— Stony and Ka-jig-a-Kanse, i. 283 



— Kewayden, and gambling, i. 285 

 Game, causes of the scarcity of, in the 



valley of the Moisie, i. 84 

 Gannets, abundance of, on the Bird 



Kocks, ii. 67 

 Gaspe Bay, cod fishery of the coast of, 



i. 300 



— appearance of a fishing establish- 

 ment at, 1. 303 



— immense numbers of herrings taken 

 along the shore of, i. 329 



— condition of the country connect- 

 ing Gaspe Bay with the more settled 

 portions of the valley of the St, 

 Lawrence, ii. 55, 56 



— causes of shipwrecks at, ii. 59 



— its future importance to Canada, ii. 

 81 



— the Gaspe Bay whale fishery, ii. 90 

 Gaspu Peninsula, mountain scenery of 



the. ii. 56 



— Port of, vessels engaged in the 

 whaling trade at, i. 298 



Geological formation of the banks of 

 the Moisie river, i. 25, 28 



