OUR SECOND SEASON III 



some one on the berg ? " And there, sure enough, 

 plain and sharp against the sky, on the crest, stood 

 the figure of a man. But our glasses soon dispelled 

 the illusion. It was but a pinnacle with a thin base, 

 which, when thus seen edgeways, so closely resem- 

 bled a human figure. 



From here we headed for the Sacred Islands, and 

 a breeze making up the straits, we ran in behind 

 Cape Onion to see what sort of a day it was going 

 to be, before we ventured to cross the straits. I 

 was surprised, on landing, at the quantity and 

 variety of wild flowers here. There were represented 

 among many others, saxifrages, umbellifers, compo- 

 sites, ranunculi, primulas, and gentians. The 

 insectivorous " Drosera " is common on the heights, 

 and the beautiful "Linnaeus borealis" nestles in 

 among the scrub. 



The country, viewed from the head, is very pecu- 

 liar, being, as far as the eye could range, one 

 immense flat plain, with quite as much water as dry 

 land, from the innumerable winding ponds or lakes 

 of fresh water. 



By mid-day we ventured to make a start, and 

 headed direct for Cape Charles, close inside the 

 island of Belle Isle. As we brought the hills and 

 steep cliffs of Labrador into view, we found there 

 was still much snow in the gulfs and crevices; 

 while it was necessary carefully to thread our way 

 among the numbers of icebergs, which up to this 

 very week had been blocking the straits. By sun- 

 down we sighted the flag-staff on Battle Island, and 



