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CHAPTER VI. 



NATURAL HISTORY : TOPOGRAPHY OF COUNTRY. 



Raspberries — Weather — Hudsonian chickadee and other birds — 

 Black fly — Topography of cauntry — Old Fort bay, physical 

 features and surroundings — Superstitions concerning the raven 76-96 



CHAPTER VH. 



OLD FORT : INVESTIGATIONS. 



Indian tents — New fields for research — Visit to the Indians — 

 Seals' flesh — Dogskin boots — Cattle food in hard winters — 

 Coptis trifolia — Spruce partridge — Inland — Hypothesis of 

 Aurora — Little auk — Signs of a wreck — Ascent of western 

 arm of the bay — Wreck of the Edward Cardwell — Picking up 

 lumber — First snowstorm of the winter .... 97-118 



CHAPTER VHI. 



A LABRADOR HOME. 



A Labrador home — Houses — Where erected — Stage — Shop — 

 Stable — The house — Papering — Family — Occupation of its 

 members — Out-of-door life ...... 119-131 



CHAPTER IX. 



A GALE : KOINIATIK, RACKETS, ETC. 



Dinner off fresh meat — Credit and shiftlessness — A Labrador snow- 

 storm — Wind — Preparing for storm — Storming hard — Fire- 

 wood — Storm increases — Sleepless night — Another day of it 

 — A grand sight — Violence of wind and wave — Destruction 

 of stage — Calmer weather — Beautiful ice scene — End of 

 storm — Thanksgiving day — Komatiks and rackets - - 1 32-15 1 



CHAPTER X. 



WINTER SCENES AND OCCUPATION OF PEOPLE. 



Trip up the river to the mission — Ice pictures — Bad walking — 

 To the old l''ort — New scenes and bad walking — Pleasant 

 Sunday — The return — Journal — A komatik ride — Christmas 

 gathering — Wood cutting — Work for the evenings — Making 

 sealskin boots, mittens, and other needful and fancy work - 152-171 



