EXPLANATION 



OF THE 



FROXTISPli:CE 



Tlie Frontispiece represents a Winter Scene 

 on the sea coast of Labrador, with the Author 

 taking his usual walk round his fox-traps. He is 

 supposed to have got sight of some deer, and has 

 put his dog's hood on, to keep him quiet. His hat 

 (which is white,) northwester, wrappers, cuffs, 

 breeches, and buskins, are English; his jacket 

 (which is made of Indian-dressed deer-skin, and 

 painted,) sash, and rackets are Mountaineer; and 

 his shoes Esquimau. The pinovers of his north- 

 wester are loose, and hang down on the right side 

 of it. On his back is a trap, fixed by a pair of 

 slings, in the manner of a soldier's knapsack. A 

 bandoleer hangs across his breast, from his right 

 shoulder; to which are fastened a black-fox, and 

 his hatchet. A Gemian rifle is on his left shoulder. 

 Tn the back ground is a yellow fox in a trap; be- 

 yond him, there is a white-l)ear crossing the ice of 

 a narrow harliour; and at the mouth of the liar- 

 bour the view is terminated hy a \)oo\) at the sea, 

 wliirh is frozen ovci-. Tlie tops of a few small 

 rocks appear, and the rocky summits of the distant 

 hills arc bare, bul all the rest of the ground is 

 covered with snow. 



