286 



IN0EX. 



Labrador Peninsula — continued 



— paucity of our knowledge respecting 

 the interior of the Peninsula, ii. 13.j 



— the great waterslieds, ii. 134 



— terribly sterile character of the coast 

 west of Cape Whittle, ii. 136 



— the rivers St. Augustine and Ash- 

 ■wanipi, ii. 136, 137 



— the country near Hamilton Inlet, 

 ii. 138, 139 



— the plateau from Hamilton Inlet to 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence, ii. 139 



— the garden of the Atlantic coast of 

 Labrador, ii. 140 



— description of the north-western por- 

 tion of the peninsula, ii. 140 



— Ungava Bay and the rivers falling 

 into it, ii. 141 



■ — general aspect of the country drained 

 by these rivers, ii. 142- 144 



■ — journey of Andre Michaux, the 

 botanist, across the neck of the Pe- 

 ninsula, ii. 147 



— accounts of the inhabitants of Labra- 

 dor, ii. 150 



— importance of permanent fishing 

 villages on the Gulf shore, ii. 154 



— the Roman Catholic missions of the 

 Labrador Peninsula, ii. 167 



— general description of the north 

 shore of the Gulf of St. La^^ rence and 

 of the coast of Labrador, ii. 181 



— gradual settlement of the coast, ii. 

 182 



— materials of houses in the new settle- 

 ments, ii. 183 



— climate of the coast and of the in- 

 terior, ii. 183 



— wildness of the scenery of the coast, 

 ii. 183 



— Cartwright's melancholy description 

 of the Atlantic coast, ii. 184 



— Admiral Bayfield's description of 

 the Atlantic swell on the coast, ii. 185 



— timber of the north-east coast, ii. 

 190, 193 



— Cartwright's accounts of the vegeta- 

 tion on the north-east coast, ii. 191 



. — and of animal life on the same coast, 

 ii. 192 



— Church of England missions on the 

 Gulf and Labrador coast, ii. 194 



— the first consecration of a church on 

 the Labrador, ii. 194, 195, 197 



— the Moravian missions in Labrador, 

 ii. 199 



— account of the seal fishery of Labra- 

 dor, ii, 201 



LAK 



Labrador Peninsula — continued 



— the political and commercial impor- 

 tance of the fisheries of the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence, Labrador, and New- 

 foundland, ii. 2\b,et seq. 



Labrador, the Basque whaler, ii. 126 

 Labrador tea-plant, fragrance of the, 



i. 130 

 Labradorians, account of the, ii. 150 



— their settlements, ii. 150, et seq. 



— their spring and summer life, ii. 154 



— their dogs, ii. 155 



— their hospitality, ii. 160 



— their vice of drunkenness, ii. 160 



— charms of the wild life of Labrador, 

 ii. 161 



— the Europeans of the Atlantic coast, 

 ii. 161, 162 



— the Esquimaux half-breeds, ii. 162 



— the Esquimaux of the Mackenzie, ii. 

 163 



— burial-places and epitaphs of the 

 Ijabradorians, ii. 165. 166 



Labradorite of the banks of the Moisie 

 river, i. 32 



— the fire-rocks and fire-mountains of 

 the Indians, i. 32 



— rocks of, at Cold Water River port- 

 age, i. 114 



— of the mountains on the shores of 

 the Top of tlie Ridge Lake, i. 136 



— of the rocks near Trout I-ake, i. 181 

 Lake: — 



Ashwanipi, i. 10 



Bear, i. 213 



Caniapuscaw, ii. 142 



Caribou, i. 228, 242 



Erie, i. 259, note 



lash-ner-nus-kow, i. 205 



Ka jib-wa-le-ka-pas, or Sixth Lake, 



i. 172 

 Ka-wa-si-ta-ga-wisb, or Lake where 



the Sand lies, i. 127 



— of the Kichestigaux, i. 1 1 

 Manicouagan, i. 194, 261 

 Ma-ta-me-gose-ka-tats, or Trout 



Lake, i. 17.5, 181 

 Meshukiman, or Great I^ake, ii. 138 



— of the Naskapis. i. II 

 Michigan, i. 259, note 

 Mistassinni, i. 272 

 Mosquito, i. 187 

 Mtishualagan, i. 193 

 Nipisis, i. 194, 201 

 Ojia-pi-si-tagan Nipi, or Top of the 



Ridge Lake, i. 136 

 Ojita-scu-tagan, or Height of Land 

 Lake, i. 173, 174 



