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mild that we found it agreeable lolling on deck, and it 

 felt warm even to a southron like myself Twenty-two 

 degrees difference in tem.perature in two days is a very 

 considerable change. 



"We found here several sail of vessels engaged in 

 the fisheries, and an old hulk from Hull in England, called 

 Charles Tennison, which was wrecked near here four 

 years ago, on her way from Quebec to Hull. As we 

 sailed up the bay two men boarded us from a small boat 

 and assisted us as pilots. They had a half barrel of 

 fme salmon, which I bought from them for ten dollars. 

 As soon as we dropped anchor our young men went 

 ashore to buy fresh provisions, but they returned with 

 nothing but two bottles of milk, though the village contains 

 two hundred inhabitants. Mackerel, and sharks of the 

 man-eating kind, are said to be abundant here. Some 

 signs of cultivation are to be seen across the harbor, and 

 many huts of Michmaes Indians adorn the shores. We 

 learn that the winters are not nearly as severe here as at 

 Quebec, yet not far off I could see dots of snow of last 

 year's crop. Some persons say birds are plenty, others 

 say there are none hereabouts. 



" The ice did not break up, so that this bay was not 

 navigable until the 17th of May, and I feel confident that 

 no one can enter the harbors of Labrador before the loth 

 or middle of June. 



" August 14. All ashore in search of birds, plants, and 

 the usual et ceteras belonging to our vocations, but all 

 had to return soon on account of a storm of wind and 

 rain, showing that Newfoundland is cousin to Labrador 

 in tlxis respect. We found the country quite rich however 

 in comparison with the latter place ; all the vegetable pro- 

 ductions are larger and more abundant. We saw a flock 

 of house sparrows, all gay and singing, and on their pas- 

 sage to the south-west." 

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