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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Stopped at Cartwright (about Lat. 54° ), while the steamer went north 

 to Hopedale, and took the boat on its return, leaving it again at Battle 

 Harbor, situated near the southeast corner of Lal^rador. I remained 

 at Cartwright five days and at Battle Harbor from the evening of one 

 day to the morning of the third day. 



Labrador is a bleak and rather barren land along the coast. The 

 numerous inlets and bays are rocky and precipitous. The interior is 

 forested, but there are no trees near the coast except in protected 



Fig. 116. — Fireweed (Chaniacnerion ainiiistifoliimi) , Cartwright, Labrador. 

 This conspicuous plant, common in all northern lands, is called fireweed 

 because it springs up abundantly in burned areas. 



places. Through the courtesy of the Hudson Bay Company my stay 

 at Cartwright was very pleasant. 



At Battle Harbor there is a Grenfell Hospital which is open during 

 the summer inonths. The main hospital is at St. Anthony, on the east 

 side of the north end of the peninsula that extends toward Labrador. 

 As the steamer stopped here on its journey north I was able to inspect 

 the large and well-equipped hospital and the industrial school. 



xMtogether the results of the trip were very satisfactory. A large 

 series of grass specimens was brought back and first hand information 

 of a portion of this extreme northeastern region was obtained. 



