CRUISE OF LA BELLE MARGUERITE 



together with salt and butter, the whole form- 

 ing a stiff pancake which was browned on one 

 side, turned over and browned on the other, 

 and then cut into four pie-shaped pieces that 

 could stand alone. It tasted good, although 

 a trifle fishy, but it had great staying qualities, 

 in fact, as I noted in my journal, it was " fine 

 and filling." 



That afternoon we did not sail far, for even 

 in Labrador it is calm sometimes, and we cast 

 anchor in the Grand Bay of Piashte-bai, - 

 the nomenclature which I follow with great care 

 is at times difficult. Here we were surrounded 

 by granitic glacier-smoothed islands, cut by 

 dark basaltic dykes, supporting but little vege- 

 tation and that of an arctic type, a bleak 

 coast. On one of these islands we found the 

 remains of a white man's camp as shown by a 

 circle of empty tins, and discovered the cause 

 of his presence in some blasting operations 

 which had been conducted for the purpose of 

 obtaining a small quantity and poor quality 

 of mica. The quest for " wealth in the rocks " 

 proves often a disastrous will-o'-the-wisp for 

 mankind. 



We visited another cormorant colony the 

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