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cessions along much of the Labrador coast was the want 

 of wood. 



It was further claimed that ships from France could 

 reach this river three weeks or a month earlier than they 

 could the western Labrador coast, because it would not be 



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necessary for them to wait until the ice had left the Straits 

 of Belle Isle. 



Mr. Begem gave the best of reasons for urging that the 

 commencement of the proposed establishment should be 

 entrusted to Canadians who w r ere not only so well adapted 

 for the work of discovery, but so accustomed to life in the 



