LABRADOR JOURNAL 77 



shore to the Head of St. Peter's Bay, but killed 

 nothing. We suffered greatly all night from cold, 

 for the woods were thin, cliiefly old bireh,^ the 

 snow was very deep, and we could scarce keep our 

 fire alight, the fuel being full of sap. 



Tuesday, May 7, 1771. At day-light this morn- 

 ing, finding the ice was driven back to the North- 

 ward, I ordered the boat round the Point, alid 

 walked across to Conden Tickle; where I found 

 fourteen deer feeding upon wild rye ^ which ap- 

 peared through the snow. Unfortunately they 

 got sight of me at the same time, and went off, 

 when I fired at above two hundred yards distance, 

 without effect. The boat meeting me there, we 

 made the best of our wav to Chateau, and arrived 

 in Henlev Tickle at four in the afternoon, where 

 I shot four ducks and then went to York Fort. 



Friday, Maij 10, 1771. Early in the morning, 

 leaving Charles to follow with the sealers, and 

 taking Bettres with me, I went to the Table Land 

 in a boat belonging to the garrison, and sent it 

 back immediately on my arrival. In my way 

 hither I measured the flight of the eider ducks bv 

 the following method: viz. on arriving off Duck 

 Island, six miles distant from Henley Tickle, I 

 caused the people to lie on their oai's; and when 

 I saw the flash of the guns, which wen* fii-ed at a 

 flock of ducks as they passed through, I observed 

 by my watch how long they were in flying abreast 



' Papor or Canoo Mnli, lirluln AUm. Tim dwarf birch, B. glandulosa 

 var. rntunrlifolia, is alno (■oniiiioii in lyahradnr. 

 ' Elyrnua arcnariua. 



