CHAPTER III 



THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF LABRADOR 

 BY W. T. GRENFELL 



IT is probable that the readers of this book are, as a rule, 

 most interested in the drama of human life as, year after year, 

 it is being played out in this strange land of Labrador. 

 For this very reason one may well pause beforehand to 

 review the physical features of the peninsula; in an in- 

 timate way and often in spectacular fashion the Labra- 

 dorman's daily life is controlled by natural conditions. 

 The simplicity and wholesomeness of that life are chiefly 

 due to the fact that the men of the country are always 

 close to nature. These essential traits of fine character 

 are growing every day in the youth of Labrador much 

 as the myriad of exquisite flowers deck its hills during the 

 glory of summer; both man and plant are rooted in the 

 soil or grip the native rocks, their home by the sea. This 

 chapter is intended to furnish a brief outline of the physi- 

 ography. Since the northeast coast is from many aspects 

 the most interesting part, a following chapter will supply 

 additional details on that region; in that chapter a brief 

 summary of the geological development of the whole 

 peninsula is also included. The scenic importance of the 

 Grand Falls of Hamilton River demands a chapter which 

 incidentally describes many typical features of the interior. 



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