A LABRADOR SPRING 



veyor of Newfoundland and Labrador, in which 

 " arduous service he continued until the winter 

 of 1767." 



To return to our own voyage : on the right 

 hand or easterly extremity of the Bay of Seven 

 Islands, in a narrow line between the white 

 beach in front and the dark forest behind, 

 stretches the town of the same name. The 

 small houses all looked thrifty, brightly painted 

 in white or gray with dark blue or red roofs, 

 dominated by a large priests' house and a church 

 with a tin-covered spire and a red roof. At the 

 left hand end of the town is the Indian village 

 with its smaller houses and church and numer- 

 ous tall flagstaffs, and beyond is the Hudson's 

 Bay Company's Post with H. B. C. in large 

 letters on the roof of the store. 



In May the larger fishing boats were still for 

 the most part drawn up on the sand, but, as 

 soon as the steamer came to anchor a mile or so 

 from the shallow beach, a crowd of smaller 

 boats and canoes raced for her. In one of the 

 latter with an Indian was the Hudson's Bay 

 Company's factor, Dr. Ross. The steamer was 

 soon boarded by a picturesque and weather- 

 beaten crowd, and the usual excitement of the 



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