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INDEX 



Robertson, Samuel, 16, 30. 



Robin, the, 390. 



Rock cod, 349. 



Rock-tripes, 422. 



Roddick, Dr., boat given by, 240. 



Romaine River, 193. 



Rorke & Sons, firm of, 180. 



Rut, John, 11. 



Ryans, firm of, 180. 



Ryan's Bay, 61, 62. 



Sabbath, observance of the, 165-166. 

 St. Anthony, mission hospital at, 



238, 241, 242 ff.; cooperative 



store at, 244. 



St. Augustine trading-station, 193. 

 St. Marguerite River, 193. 

 St. Paul, Godefroy de, 19. 

 Salmon, 206, 333; instincts and 



habits of, 328-334; destruction 



of supply of, 334-335; former 



and present supply of, 335-337; 



methods of taking, 337-338. 

 Salmon cannery, Eagle River, 338. 

 Salmon fishing, 46, 78, 206, 328 ff . ; 



on upper Hamilton River, 158. 

 Sandgirt Lake, 155-156. 

 Sandhill Bay River, salmon fishing 



on, 333. 

 Sanitary conditions, 177-178, 245- 



247. 



Sardines, herrings sold as, 343. 

 Scenery of Labrador, 39, 44-46, 51- 



52; relation of, to geological 



formations, 85. 

 Schimper, A. F. W., quoted and 



cited, 394, 403, 405, 411, 413, 



414-415. 



School grant, 171. 

 Schools, denominational system of, 



174. 



Schooners, fishing, 298-299, 318. 

 Scotch, success of, with the Indians, 



194. 



Scoter ducks, 385. 

 Sculpin, the, 349. 

 Sea-coots, 385. 

 Seal, the harp, 365-366; the bay, 



369-370; the ringed, 371; the 



hooded, 371-372; the gray, 373. 



Seal hunting, 20, 144, 145, 168-169, 



361-362, 369. 

 Sealskin-boot-making industry, 243, 



248. 



Seasons in Labrador, 74-80. 

 Seine-nets for cod fishing, 304-305. 

 Seven Islands Bay, 62. 

 Seven Islands trading-station, 193; 



Indians at, 196. 

 Shark, the sleepy, 350-351. 

 Shearwaters, the, 384. 

 "Shebeens," 175. 

 Shrimps, 449-450. 

 Sir Donald, Mount, 58. 

 Sir Donald, hospital vessel, 240. 

 Slaves, Labrador Indians taken as, 9. 

 Sleds, construction of, 208. 

 Smith, Sir Donald A., 240. 

 Snow-shoes, styles of, 208-209. 

 Spain, market for fish in, 320. 

 Sparrow, the savanna, 380; white- 

 crowned, 385-386; tree, 386; 



Lincoln's, 386-387; fox, 387. 

 Spearing fish, 206. 

 Sperm whale, the, 357-358. 

 Steamers, for fishing and sealing, 168; 



for whale hunting, 359-360. 

 Stone age, relics of the, 47-48, 58. 

 Strathcona, Lord, 182, 240. 

 Strathcona, hospital steamer, 240- 



241. 



Striped Island, 99. 

 Sulphur-bottom whales, 352, 354- 



355. 



Sunday, rule against fishing on, 165. 

 Swaine, Captain, 33. 

 Swallows, species of, 389-390. 

 Szkolny, John, 5. 



Tamarack, shoots of, as an emergency 



food, 422. 



Tasker, Mr. and Mrs., 197. 

 Telegraph system, 170-171. 

 Temperature, summer, 7173. 

 Temperatures of coastal waters, 292- 



294. 



Temple Bay, 22. 



Thompson-Seton, Ernest, cited, 422. 

 Thoresby, Mount, 110. 

 Thresher whales, 356. 



