3o8 Life of Audubon. 



michie came near us beating their way to the Atlantic. 

 At nine o'clock we dropped anchor, being partly land- 

 locked between Breton Island and the Highlands, and 

 within a quarter of a mile of an Island, which formed a 

 part of the group. The pilot, who is well acquainted here, 

 informed me that the islands are all connected by dry 

 sand-bars, and with no channel between them except the 

 one we are in, called Entree Bay, which is formed by 

 Entree Island and a long sand-spit connecting it with 

 the mainland. The island is forty-eight miles long, and 

 three in breadth; the formation is a red rough sandy 

 soil, and the north-west side is constantly wearing away 

 by the action of the sea. Guillemots were seated up- 

 right along the projecting shelvings in regular order, 

 resembling so many sentinels on the look-out ; many gan- 

 nets also were seen on the extreme points of the island. 

 On one of the islands were many houses, and a small 

 church, and on the highest land a large cross, indicating 

 the religion of the inhabitants. Several small vessels 

 lay in the harbor called Pleasant Bay, but the weather is 

 so cold we cannot visit them until to-morrow. 



''June 14, I833. Magdalene Islands, Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence. It is one week since v/e left Eastport, and we 

 breakfasted with the thermometer at 44° in our cabin, 

 and on deck it feels like mid-winter. We landed on the 

 island next to us so chilled that we could scarcely use our 

 hands ; two large bluffs frowned on each side of us, the 

 resort of many sea-birds, and some noble ravens which 

 we sav/. Following a narrow path we soon came upon 

 one of God's best finished jewels, a woman. She saw us 

 first, for women are always keenest in sight and percep- 

 tion, in patience and fortitude and love, in faith and sor- 

 row, and, as I believe, in everything else which adorns 

 our race. She was hurrying towards her cottage, with a 

 child in her arms bavins: no covering: but a little shirt. 



