VIKINGS OF TO-DAY 



CHAPTER I 

 THE COUNTR Y 



I 



T is said tha,t a recent 

 trial, over a dispute 

 about the fishery of 

 a small natural 

 harbour in La- 

 brador, called 

 Tub Harbour, 

 had reached its 

 third day, when 

 his lordship, 

 leaning over the 

 desk, whispered 

 to counsel, " Where 

 is Labrador " ? Not to 

 be caught, however, the 

 counsel whispered back, " In Tub Harbour, my lord." 

 Geography, it seems, is a sadly neglected science. 



Such being the case, I have ventured to describe 

 the general features of the country in the terse, 



