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in a very diff* way having Mr. Audobon onboard the 

 Naturalist with several young men two of them Medical 

 students of Boston, these take the departments of 

 Botany &c, &c. in short they collect everything. But 

 Mr. Audubon has come principally tor the purpose of 

 studying the habits of the water Fowl with which the 

 coast of Labrador abounds and to make drawings of 

 them for his splendid work upon the Birds of America. 

 He sent his card onbd with a polite note & I received 

 him onboard and we found him a very superior person 

 indeed. It is probable we shall meet often as he pro- 

 ceeds along the coast which we are going to survey. 

 Rain all the remainder of the day. 

 23d June, 1833. Light breezes S. S. W. and fogg 8 wear in the early part 

 of the day but cleared before noon. Sent Mr. Bowen 

 to Survey the small harbour &c. Obs d for Latitude. — 

 returned Mr. Audobon's visit and was delighted with 

 his drawings, the Birds being represented of the same 

 size as when alive, and most beautifully painted. — 

 P. M. obs d for Time, & difft Longitude — also for trace 

 bearing, Variation & angles for the survey of this small 

 anchorage. 



At Night the wind hauled more towards the S. E. 

 with fog & drizling rain. 



In walking over the Islets & rocks of the mainland 

 today we found large masses of snow remaining in every 

 part. — Nevertheless 10 or 12 species of Flowers were 

 seen. — 

 24th June, 1833. Light breezes S. W. with fog and clouds wear. P. M. 

 it cleared and I obs d for Time and rates. Mr. Bowen 

 finished the survey of the harbour and adjacent rocks — 

 Mr. Audubon dined with us onb d the Gulnare. 



Three hundred vessels are said by the owner of the 

 American schooners to be employed in the Fisheries 

 upon this coast averaging 75 Tons x & manned by 50 men 

 to each six vessels equal to 2,500 men. of these one 

 half are French, one forth British, and the rest American. 

 Each Vessel takes away one with another about 1500 

 Quintal of Cod Fish of 112 lbs. pr Quintal. The Fish 

 average about 4 pounds in weight being small on this 

 coast. We heard from the Americans about the Eggers 

 today as a set of people whom we now for the first time 

 heard spoken of collectively as a body. We had pre- 

 viously no idea of the extent of the " Egging business " 

 as our informant termed it. It appears that in some 

 seasons 20 small schooners or shallops, of from 20 to 30 



