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 which they collect are sent off to Quebec 

 at the first opening of the waters in 

 spring, and not a skin of any sort was 

 here for us to look at.' 7 



He gives a vivid picture of the face 

 of Nature in Labrador on a fine day, 

 under date of July 2 : "A beautiful 

 day for Labrador. Drew another M. 

 articus. Went on shore, and was most 

 pleased with what I saw. The country, 

 so wild and grand, is of itself enough to 

 interest any one in its wonderful dreari- 

 ness. Its mossy, grey -clothed rocks, 

 heaped and thrown together as if by 

 chance, in the most fantastical groups 

 imaginable, huge masses hanging on 

 minor ones as if about to roll themselves 

 down from their doubtful-looking situa- 

 tions, into the depths of the sea beneath. 

 Bays without end, sprinkled with rocky 

 islands of all shapes and sizes, where in 

 every fissure a Guillemot, a Cormorant, 

 or some other wild bird retreats to secure 

 its egg, and raise its young, or save itself 



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