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gone home again. They had a quantity of whale- 

 bone with them, the greatest part of which some 

 * Moravians who chanced to be there, had pur- 

 chased. 



Monday, September 17, 1770. I got three addi- 

 tional men from the Ranger this morning; and all 

 hands were employed to-day, as follows: six men 

 in the w^oods; three on the drain; two carpenters 

 slitting the planks; one at work in the house; 

 and another nailing battens on the paper, which 

 was put upon the store roof; my brother, the 

 mason, and a helper, in setting up a copper in the 

 kitchen ; two men were employed in bringing tree- 

 roots out of the garden, and piling them up for 

 firing; Mr. Langman and a boy, in building an m 



oven at a little distance from the house; another, 

 in stubbing up roots in the garden; and I was 

 engaged in making four canvas bags for the pur- 

 pose of bringing home venison, and also in scra- 

 ping the otter's skin. ^ 



Wednes., Septemder 19, 1770. Finding my pro- 

 visions decrease very fast, I could not supply the | 

 Ranger's crew any longer, on which occasion they t. 

 refused to work for me; although I still offered 

 to continue the payment of two shillings a day to 

 each of the carpenters, and one shilling a day each, 

 to all the rest. 



* These Moravians ^ went to Labrador, in a small vessel chartered by 

 the society, in order to establish a settlement among the Esquimaux; but 

 their ostensible purpose, was to convert the Indians to Christianity. 



^ The Moravians established the first permanent settlement at Nain 

 in 1771, although they had visited Labrador as early as 1752. At the 

 present day they have eight mission stations among the Eskimos in Labra- 

 dor from Makkovik on the south to Killinek on the north. 



