DO PEOPLE LIVE IN LABRADOR? 6l 



them ; and according to this classification they are 

 paid for. The receipt handed to the fishermen runs 

 thus : 



Received from. 



Large j 



Medium L Merchantable fish 



Small ) 



Madeira 



West India 



Talqual ......... 



Inferior 



Damp . . . . . . . ... . 



Dim 



Slimy 



Labrador 



And also casks of ...... gallons of oil. 



There is always a great race to get first to 

 market, for the first cargo always fetches a higher 

 price. One fish planter ships his own fish to Eng- 

 land, and thus is able to get at times a better price 

 than that offered in St. Johns. On the other hand, 

 he runs the risks of the freight, insurance, etc. 



No railway, public building, roads, drains, or such 

 like things exist in Labrador, and every man is a 

 fisherman first, a handy man after boat or house- 

 builder, blacksmith, cooper, curer, as the case may 

 be. Only three harbours do I know where liquor 

 is sold : in one of these two poor fellows were 

 drowned through its influence last year. No jail or 

 police exist on the coast. A small revenue schooner, 

 with a justice of the peace on board, is responsible 



