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it the head of Melville Lake (Hamilton Inlet) ; this river 

 will be specially described in Dr. Low's chapter on " Ham- 

 ilton River and Grand Falls." 



For hunting, the places least disturbed by man are 

 naturally apt to be the best. In the autumn almost all 

 the bays abound in geese and ducks. One may be rather 

 sure of geese at the entrance to Hamilton Inlet, at the head 

 of Lane's Bay, at the entrance of Table Bay, in Goose Bay 

 near Cartwright, and in Byron's Bay. Other likely places 

 are Partridge and Rocky bays, and also at all the flats near 

 the mouths of the big rivers. The autumn deer-hunting 

 is, so far as known to me, most likely to be successful in 

 Davis Inlet, on the hills about Nain, inside Cape Mugford, 

 at the head of Makkovik Bay and on the hills above Stag 

 Bay and False Bay. After Christmas deer are to be found 

 in abundance within reach of the settlers on the southern 

 part of the coast. Black bears are most likely to be en- 

 countered where the settlers are fewest in number and where 

 the caplin come to the land-wash near the woods. Many 

 bears are killed every year in Hawke's Bay. They are also 

 found in the fiords between Davis Inlet and Nain. White 

 bears are found in small numbers on the northern parts of 

 the coast, where they remain all summer to feed on the 

 eggs and young of the countless ducks and geese. 



Those who wish to study the Eskimo should go to Nain, 

 and then farther north. To see them in anything like 

 their primitive condition one should go as far as Ramah, 

 and, if possible, to Nachvak and Ungava. In the northern 

 fiords are many relics of the stone-age out of which these 

 people are just passing; many articles of ancient make may 

 be found by travelling in the gravel-beaches. To see the 



