Preface 



PRESIDENT LOWELL in his inaugural address 

 said to the professional man that " a firm 

 grasp of some subject lying outside of his 

 vocation is an advantage." The following 

 chapters are the result of a five-weeks' trip 

 in May and June, 1909, by one who tries to 

 live up to this advice. Although that subject, 

 as may be gathered from these chapters, is 

 ornithology, yet it may also be gathered that all 

 branches of natural history on this Labrador 

 coast were a delight to the writer, and that 

 human studies, both Indian and white, came 

 in for a full share of his observations. And 

 perhaps this is well, for, as Professor Shaler 

 said, " the most of our kind are not natural- 

 ists but humanists." In any event it is hoped 

 that the following lines, which have been used 

 by the Harvard Travellers Club, are appro- 

 priate : 



