INDEX 



Acadians, settlement of, in Labrador, 

 31. 



Alaska, introduction of reindeer into, 

 252-253. 



Albert, Mission yawl, 236, 237, 238. 



Alexis River, 8. 



Allen, Dr. Glover M., 378 n., 495. 



Anglican church mission, 236. 



Anglo-Newfoundland Company, 180. 



Angora goats, importation of, 243. 



Ants, 461. 



Archean rock formations, 85-86. 



Ashuanipi River, 156-157. 



Ashwanipi Lake, derivation of name, 

 206. 



Aspen buds and bark as an emer- 

 gency food, 422. 



Attikonak River and Lake, 156-157. 



Audubon in Labrador, 374, 375, 376, 

 386. 



Auk, extinction of the, 374; the 

 razor-billed, 382-383. 



Aulatzevik, island of, 59, 93. 



Avagalik Island, 62. 



Bache, Mount. 58. 

 Baine, Johnston & Company, 180. 

 Bait for cod fishing, 302-303. 

 Barren-ground People and River, 



198. 



Bartlett, Captain, 302. 

 Basement Complex, the, 86 ff. 

 Basque fishermen in Labrador, 13; 



relics of, 164. 



Bastian, John, 187, 206-207. 

 Battle Harbour, Anglican church 



mission headquarters at, 236; 



mission hospital at, 238, 239 ff. 

 Bear-hunting, 47, 145, 213. 

 Bear Island, 130. 



Beaver-hunting, 204. 



Beetles, 467-472. 



Beeton, Mayson, 260. 



Bell, Dr. Robert, quoted, 123-124. 



Belle Isle, Strait of, 7, 8, 27. 



Beothuk Indians, 25. 



Berries, varieties of, 212-213, 421. 



Bersimis, 189; trading-station at, 



193; canoes of, 207. 

 Bersimis, Long Portage of the, 191. 

 Biggar, H. P., work by, cited, 7. 

 Birds of Labrador, 374-390, 495- 



505. 



Bishop's Mitre, the, 108. 

 Bissot, Frangois, 17. 

 Blanc Sablon, 27, 29; fishery of, 165. 

 Blandford, Captain Sam, 165. 

 Blow-me-down, Mount, 98. 

 Boston Transcript reindeer fund, 260. 

 Botany of Labrador, 391 ff. 

 Botflies on deer, 256, 455-456. 

 Boulders, glacial, 130. 

 Bounty system in French fisheries, 



323-324. 



Bourdon, Jean, 12. 

 Bowdoin Canyon, Hamilton River, 



153-155. 



Bowring Brothers, firm of, 304. 

 Bradore Bay, 21. 

 Brave expedition, 81-138. 

 Brest, harbour of, 13, 14; early 



accounts of, 15-17. 

 Brigs and brigantines in fishing in- 

 dustry, 318. 



Brouague, Martel de, 21. 

 "Bultows," 303. 

 Burial-places, Indian, 159, 225. 

 Business firms conducting trade with 



Labrador, 179-180. 

 Butterflies, 461-462. 



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