DO PEOPLE LIVE IN LABRADOR? 57 



third of its entire revenue is now derived from this 

 very Labrador fishery, that is some one-and-a-half 

 million dollars, and that in no other way could this 

 harvest be reaped. Moreover almost every man in 

 Labrador may be called a fisherman, and yet nothing 

 is done for all their returns. Here is another method 

 of interpreting the value of the industry. It is said 

 seventeen tons of fish contain the nutritive value 

 of 50 head of cattle, or 300 sheep. Now the average 

 yield for fifty years from the French and English 

 Fisheries is 2,300,000 cwt, that is 338,235 cattle, or 

 2,029,410 sheep. 



The summer Labrador settlements are on islands 

 or outside headlands, and here both Newfoundlanders 

 and "Livyeres' 1 dwell, the latter retiring up the 

 bays and inlets, to be nearer wood and game, when 

 the former return to Newfoundland. There are 

 about a dozen well recognised central stations in 

 Labrador, where agents representing the various 

 merchants' firms are stationed to collect the fish 

 from the fishermen dealing with their firm, and to 

 ship it thence to market. These men have far better 

 houses than the rest, generally also a store from 

 which the general wants of their men are supplied. 

 As a rule, advances are made of all needful appli- 

 ances and food to some better known fishermen. 



These men are known as " Planters," and employ 

 under them so many men and women on " share " 

 or wages. Occasionally, also, the agent has some 

 men of his own, working for settled wages, who 



