PREFACE xi 



portant details and the mass of repetition. Occa- 

 sionally, only, have I introduced, but always in 

 brackets, a few words of my own to explain any 

 omissions. I have also added in foot-notes from 

 time to time explanatory conmients, and have 

 given as far as possible the common and scientific 

 names of the beasts, birds and plants mentioned. 

 In interpreting the names as given by Cartwright, 

 I have been aided by finding many of them still 

 in use on the Labrador coast, and also bv the fact 

 that Cartwright often uses, very naturally, the 

 names of allied or similar species in England. All 

 of the animals and plants mentioned, with the ex- 

 ception of a few extinct species, are known to 

 occur in Labrador to-day. As these names are 

 often repeated a reference to the index will show 

 the page where the explanatory notes occur. 

 Cartwright 's notes are indicated by asterisks, 

 mine bv numerals. Manv of the unusual words 

 are explained in Cartwright 's ''. Glossarj^," also 

 entered in the index. 



I wish to express my thanks to Mr. Walter 

 Deane for assistance in the identification of the 

 plants and to Dr. Glover M. Allen in the identi- 

 fication of the mammals and fishes. I am also 

 indebted for some of the photographs of the Lab- 

 rador coast to Drs. W. P. Bolles, W. R. MacAus- 

 land and Glover M. Allen. 



A brief account of the family history and of the 

 life of Captain Cartwright subsequent to his resi- 

 dence ill Tyabrador — he himself gives his earlier 

 life — is to be found in the introduction. 



