CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. 



THE ATTRACTION OF THE NORTH. 



AGE. 



The North-Westerly Trend of Civilization — A Question of Transportation — 

 The Canadian Pacific Railway and the North- West — Proposed New- 

 Transcontinental Line 17 



Chapter II. 

 the Hudson's bay expedition. 



The Question of the Hudson's Bay Route in the House of Commons — The 



Select Committee — The Evidence — Departure of the Expedition 26 



Chapter III. 



THE LABRADOR. 



Blanc Sahlon — The Icebergs — The People and Pursuits of the Labrador 

 — The Neptune in a Wind Storm 37 



Chapter IV. 



THE MORAVIAN MISSIONS. 



Ford's Harbour — The Lone Fisherwoman — Religion and Business — The 

 Christianized Eskimo — A Curious Burial Ground — The Moravian Church 

 —The Village of Nain 43 



Chapter V. 

 the wonders of nachvak. 



The Eternal Snow-crowned Hills of Nachvak — A Desolate Hudson's Bay 



Post — Grand Natural Scenery — Skynner's Cove vs. Runiford's Cave.. . . 51 



Chapter VI. 



CAPE CHUDLEY. — PORT BURWELL. 



In Hudson Strait — Discovery of a Magnificent Harbour — The Grandeur 

 of McLelan Strait — The Ruins of Newnango — The Eskimo — An Eskimo 

 Chief and Princess 55 



Chapter VII. 



IN HUDSON STRAIT. 



Geography of the Strait — Looking for a Harbour in Heavy Weather — A 

 Blinding August Snow Storm — Resolution Island Temporarily Aban- 

 doned — Running the Ice-floes near Big Island 67 



