AT PONDS INLET. 
CHAPTER VII. 
ESKIMOS (CONTINUED). 
The natives of the Labrador peninsula and those of Cumber- 
land gulf, under the influence of the missionaries, are gradually 
giving up many of their ancient beliefs and Customs. At pre- 
sent these can only be studied among the tribes as yet unvisited 
by the missionaries, such as those of the northwest coast of 
Hudson bay, who, although long acquainted with the whalers, 
have not been so influenced by them as to change their supersti- 
tions and beliefs. 
The writer spent the winter of 1903-04 among the Aivilliks 
and Kenipitus on that cOast, and paid some attention to these 
