A LABRADOR SPRING 



still experimental, yet many of the initial 

 difficulties have already been overcome. Nu- 

 merous minor failures seem explainable in large 

 measure, and are offset by several conspicuous 

 successes. It is therefore probable that under 

 proper management fox raising will be de- 

 veloped into a profitable industry, and it is 

 perhaps not too much to expect that a domestic 

 breed of foxes will be produced. Only time 

 will show how such expectations will be realized, 

 but present indications must be regarded as 

 very encouraging." 



The house of this Belgian Cartwright did not 

 remind one of Labrador, although many of 

 the trophies displayed on its walls were products 

 of the country. The rooms were large and 

 comfortable, with ample doors and windows. 

 One room suggested an armoury, as it contained 

 racks of guns of all sizes and patterns, from the 

 newest hammerless breech loaders to the old- 

 time muzzle loader with an elongated barrel. 

 The window-sills of the billiard-room were lined 

 with flowering plants, and the walls contained 

 many products of the chase, boars' heads 

 from Europe and caribou antlers, seal skins 

 and bear skins from the neighbourhood. A 



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