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in defence of his client. Tn consequence of whicli, 

 Mr. Collingliam obtained a verdict for full dam- 

 ages and costs of suit, a circumstance not to the 

 honour of those who endeavoured to deprive him 

 of his property. I was, however, above two hun- 

 dred pounds out of pocket, by the expences which 

 I had been at: yet, as I had obtained a perfect 

 cure of my sciatica and had prevented my partner 

 from being shamefully wronged, I thought the 

 money had been well applied. 



Perhaps it may not l)e displeasing to the reader, 

 if I here attempt a short Natural History of the 

 countrv, and add such remarks as mv verv con- 

 fined abilities have enabled me to make. 



Labrador is a large peninsula, joined at the 

 isthmus to Canada, which, together with Hud- 

 son's Bay, bounds it on the west; on the north 

 are Hudson's Straits; the Atlantic Ocean on the 

 east; and the Straits of Bell Isle, and the Guli)h 

 of St. Laurence on the south. 



The face of the whole country, at least all those 

 parts we are at present acquainted with, are very 

 hilly; and in most parts mountainous. The south 

 coast has great appearance of fertility from the 

 sea, but a close inspection discovers the soil to 

 be poor, and the verdure to consist only of coarse 

 plants, which are well adapted to the suppoi-t and 

 nourishment of deer and goats, but do not appear 

 piopcr foi- horses, kine, or sheep. Tliere is no 

 doubt ]m\ ru]li\a1ion would produce good grass 

 of different kinds, and that grazing fai'nis might 

 be established; they would however, be attended 



