LABRADOR JOURNAL 23 



The bows of these people are made of sycamore, 

 but they do not seem to thiiik a straight clear piece 

 anv way essential; for we found none of them 

 to be so. The backs were round, the inner side 

 flat, except in the grasp, and we observed, that all 

 of them had one edge thicker than the other, which 

 we supposed was for the truer direction of the 

 arrow; a principle not attended to by other arch- 

 ers. The length was about five feet and a half. 



The arrows are made of Wejanouth pine; ^ they 

 are slender, light, perfectly straight, and about 

 three feet long. The head is a barbed lance, made 

 out of an old nail, and about six inches long, let 

 into a cleft in the top of the shaft, and secured 

 there by a thread of deer's sinew. They are 

 feathered at the other end from the wing of the 

 goose or eagle. 



As they cannot always get a regular supply of 

 provisions; in times of plenty, they take care to 

 provide for those of scarcity. This they do by 

 jerking venison, seal's flesh, birds, and fish; and 

 by making sausages, several of which I often 

 found when I was formerly in Newfoundland. 

 They consisted of the flesh and fat of seals, eggs, 

 and a variety of other rich matter, stuffed into 

 the guts of seals; for wnnt of salt and spices, the 

 composition had the h(Ui\ f/oiil to perfection. 



It is a singular and almost incredible fact that 

 these people should visit Funk Island,' whidi lies 

 forty miles from Cape Freels, and sixty from the 



' Or whito pino, PimiA Strnhus. 



^ Funk I.slanfl wan a famous brooHinR Rrnund for tho Rront. auk, t<i/ip infra. 



