THREE MODERN CARTWRIGHTS 



walrus skull and an Eskimo harpoon from the 

 northeastern coast hung near some cabinets 

 of mounted birds, the product of his gun along 

 the coast. Among these we found a blue jay, 

 a bird hitherto unrecorded for Labrador. This 

 bird he had shot the previous winter not far 

 from his house; later we saw a single bird of 

 this species at Mingan, so that our record for 

 this bird for Labrador is very satisfactory. 



One of the most interesting departments of 

 the household was the refrigerating plant, built 

 after the master's own design. It consisted of 

 a detached building in which were several 

 zinc-lined chests surrounded by a freezing 

 mixture of snow and salt. In these chests, 

 frozen solidly, was game of all sorts, mostly 

 obtained in winter for summer use. Trout and 

 porcupines, haunch of caribou and of beaver 

 and of other animals, for our host, like Cart- 

 wright of old, being of independent mind and 

 not subservient to custom, was fond of trying 

 the flesh of animals not commonly used as food. 

 Among the birds were willow ptarmigan, white 

 as snow, with the exception of their black tails 

 and the black centres of their wing quills, and 

 a couple of splendid Barrow's golden-eye ducks. 



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