SOME LABRADOR RIVERS 



growth was constantly pressing. Now some 

 of the plains are filled with vegetation, in others 

 the ponds remain with everywhere mossy and 

 bushy edges, which are constantly striving 

 to gain foot hold waterward. In places, es- 

 pecially on the sheltered sides, it is evident 

 that vegetation is conquering the water, ex- 

 tending out in spots in floating islands over the 

 surface. On the opposite side, exposed to the 

 waves created by the strong, prevailing winds, 

 the vegetation is in places undermined and 

 falling in. That the bog will eventually win 

 in this battle is only too evident. Then in turn 

 the bog gives way to the evergreen forest grad- 

 ually creeping in, the way paved by a growth 

 of bushes which help to consolidate the spongy 

 mass. 



In one of the small ponds of a bog was a tiny 

 islet, on which was a mass of goose down. Peer 

 as we might we could not see the goose eggs 

 that we were sure were concealed in this mass, 

 and it was useless to attempt to wade or swim 

 to the island, for the water, although clear on 

 top and but a few inches to a few feet deep, 

 was filled with flocculent peaty mud below of 

 uncertain depth. However, a general photo- 



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