TO ESQUIMAUX POINT 



pack of hounds in full cry. It is an interesting 

 and musical cry, and some of their expressions 

 may be represented by the syllables ong-hic, 

 and a-ond-a-lou. The Indians call these ducks 

 cock-a-wee, a name doubtless suggested by 

 some of their conversational calls. Now as we 

 did not see any more old squaws farther east, 

 and as there were none to be found here on our 

 return, we concluded, and this conclusion 

 was confirmed by the reports of hunters along 

 the coast, that the old squaws like the brant 

 migrate north over the isthmus of the Labrador 

 Peninsula. 



The sun set that night in a cloudless sky, cold, 

 clear, golden yellow, and the glow in the north- 

 west was very slow in fading. The twilights 

 are long and beautiful in these regions. 



Issuing from a dark ravine the Riviere 

 Blanche pours its white cataract of waters 

 almost directly into the sea, and in the distance 

 in the forest the mist arising from the great falls 

 of the Manitou River can be seen. The next 

 stop was made by the steamer at Grand or 

 Sandy River, a desolate rocky and sandy spot 

 where a score of unpainted houses and a small 

 gray church cling desperately to their mooring. 



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