AT PONDS INLET. 



CHAPTER VII. 



ESKIMOS (CONTINUED). 



The natives of the Labrador peninsula and those of Cumber- 

 land gulf, under the influence of the missionaries, are gradually 

 giving up many of their ancient beliefs and customs. At pre- 

 sent these can only be studied among the tribes as yet unvisited 

 by the missionaries, such as those of the northwest coast of 

 Hudson bay, who, although long acquainted with the whalers, 

 have not been so influenced by them as to change their supersti- 

 tions and beliefs. 



The writer spent the winter of 1903-04 among the Aivilliks 

 and Kenipitus on that coast, and paid some attention to these 



