AUTHOR'S PREFACE 



THIS book is intended to give a general account of 

 the country and people of Labrador, and to sum- 

 marize the efforts made by the council of the 

 Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, during the past 

 three years, to brighten the lives of the many 

 brave toilers of the sea on that desolate coast. 



I have avoided the use of scientific terms, and 

 have ventured to quote from some of the few books 

 on the subject without the permission of the authors. 

 Amongst these are Dr. Nansen's Eskimo Life, Mr. 

 Packard's The Labrador Coast, Dr. Harvey's New- 

 foundland, the Oldest British Colony, Crantz's Ex- 

 plorations in Greenland, Hinde's Explorations in 

 Labrador, Cartwright's Journals, Rev. J. Moreton's 

 Life and Work in Newfoundland. 



The universal kindness and hospitality extended 

 to the Mission Staff in Labrador, Newfoundland and 

 Canada, and the almost unlimited scope for work, 



