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INDEX. 



GEO 



Geological formations — continued 



— erratics of the rapids of the Moisie 

 river, i. 31 



— and of the valleys, hill sides, and 

 mountains of the Labrador Penin- 

 sula, i. 31, 32 



— Labradorite, i. 32 



— gneissoid hills of the Grand Portage, 

 i. 35 



— perpendicular rocks on each side of 

 the river Moisie, at the first gorge, 

 i. 70 



— and at the second gorge, i. 107 



— • boulders at the second gorge, i. 106 



— remnant of the drift which for- 

 merly filled the whole valley of the 

 Moisie, i. 112 



— land-slide at Cold Water River port- 

 age, i. 113 



— gneiss terraces of the Lake where 

 the Sand lies, i. 130, 132 



— time-stains and the beginning of 

 the process of decay, i. 133 



— formation of the rocks at the Top of 

 the Ridge Lake, i. 136 



— colour of the rocks near Trout 

 Lake, i. 181 



— height of the rocks at the Nipisis 

 river, i. 203 



— snow-white rock on the Nipisis 

 river, i. 210, 217 



— reflections on the infinite age of the 

 rocks of the Labrador PeuiusuLi, i. 

 236 



— black magnetic oxide of iron on the 

 coast, ii. 46 



— lower Silurian limestone of the 

 Mingan Islands, ii. 47 



— limestone rocks of Anticosti, ii. 70 



— Mr. Richardson's survey of Anti- 

 costi, ii. 72 



— basaltic columns of Henley Har- 

 bour, ii. 145 



— caverns on Saddle Island, ii. 146 



— erratics from the Mistassinni river 

 to the Atlantic, ii. 146 



— cavern and isolated rock on Lake 

 Mistassinni, ii. 147 



— sandstones and limestones of the 

 east side of Bradore Bay, ii. 193 



George's Iliver, ii. 141 



— its course and country through 

 which it flows, ii. 141 



Glutton. See Carcujou 

 Gneiss, of the mountains near Trout 

 Lake, i. 181 



— gneiss terraces on the shores of the 

 Lake where the Sand lies, i. 130 



GUI 



Gneiss — continued 



— their symmetry and other charac- 

 teristics, i. 130 



— view from the summit, i. 131, 133 



— first eiforts of vegetable life in the 

 gneiss rocks, i. 133 



— gneiss hills of great height on either 

 side of the Nipisis, i. 209 



— the snow-white rock near Lake Ni- 

 pisis formed of coarse gneiss, i. 220 



— gneiss boulders in infinite numbers, 

 1. 227 



— of the banks of the Moisie river, 

 i. 25, 32 



— hills of gneiss at Grand Portage of 

 the Moisie, i. 35 



— desolation of them, i. 42 



Goat, the, a match for the Labrador 



dog, ii. 157 

 Godbout, river, Indians on the, in the 



17th century, ii. 22 



— results of salmon fly-fishing on the, 

 ii. 240 



Goose, value of the, to the Indians of 

 Labrador, i. 245 



— rejoicings when they first make 

 their appearance, i. 245 



— number of geese in Hudson's Bay 

 killed by Indians, i. 246 



Gooseberry bushes of the coast of An- 

 ticosti, ii. 73 



Gorge, the first, of the river Moisie, 

 i. 94 



— difliculty of the passage, i. 94, 95 



— to the second, of the river Moisie, 

 i. 104 



Grand Portage, or, Mista-Kapitagan, 

 i. 33 



— excellence of the south end for a 

 camp, i. 33 



— and for a salmon -fishing station, i. 33 



— various statenieuis as to the length 

 of the Portage, i. 35 



Grand Rapids of the Moisie river, i. 33 

 Graveyard, an Indian, at Seven Islands, 

 i. 342 



— of the Montagnais Christians at 

 Mingan, ii. 114 



Greenhouses, mode of expelling all 



noxious insects from, i. 312 

 Grouse, Canada, Indian mode of snaring 



the, i. 174 



— Mr. Bell's description of the bird 

 quoted, i. 174 



Guano, Peruvian, compared with fish 

 manure, i. 311 



— value of guano, i. 314, note 

 Guillemots, ou the Bird Rocks, ii. 68 



