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INDEX 



Cabot, John, discoverer of Labrador, 

 5-6. 



Cabots, voyages of the, 6-8; reports 

 of, on fisheries, 13. 



Cachalot whale, the, 357-358. 



Canoe bark, 207. 



Canoeing in Labrador, 54. 



Canoes, for exploration trips, 161; 

 trade in, 207. 



Cape Chidley, Moravian Mission 

 station at, 227-228. 



Caribou, 145, 158; spearing of, 210; 

 range of, and habits, 213-215; 

 botflies on, 256, 455-456; num- 

 bers of, 258-259. 



Caribou Castle, 26. 



Carnegie, Andrew, portable libraries 

 from, 242. 



Carter's Basin, 142. 



Cartier, Jacques, 11, 138. 



Cartwright, Major George, 19, 24- 

 27, 35; his opinion of Labrador 

 quoted, 138; description of a 

 school of cod by, 287; quoted 

 on the abundance of salmon in 

 Labrador, 335-336; quoted on 

 capture of penguins, 374-375. 



Cartwright, Hudson's Bay station at, 

 182. 



Castle Mountain, 59-60. 



Charles Harbour, 26. 



Childhood, high rate of mortality in, 

 178, 256. 



Chimo, Indians trading at, 196-197, 

 210. 



Class distinctions, absence of, 176- 

 177. 



Cliffs along coast, 44. 



Climate of Labrador, 69. 



Clothing of Indians, 209-210. 



Clouston, James, 53. 



Cochrane, Sir Thomas, 29-30. 



Cod, uses of the, 282-283; food 

 value of, 283-284; methods of 

 preserving, 284; its spawning 

 habits, 285; life of young, 285- 

 286; size of, 286; digestive 

 powers of, 287-288; supply of, 

 288-290; habits of, 289, 294- 

 296; methods of catching, 302- 



306; curing of, 307-309; sta- 

 tistics of takings of, 314-316; 

 prices commanded by, 316-317; 

 European markets for, 320 ; im- 

 port duties on, 323-324; in- 

 fluence exerted on mankind by, 

 324-326. 



Cod fishery, 13, 78, 282 ff. 



Codfish hatchery in Newfoundland, 

 290. 



Cod-liver oil, 326. 



Cod trap, the, 305-306. 



Cooperative stores, 240, 241, 247. 



Cooper ator, schooner, 241. 



Cormorants, 384. 



Corte-Reals, voyages of, 8-10. 



Courtemanche, Augustin de, 16-17, 

 18-19, 21. 



Courts of justice, travelling, 246- 

 247. 



Cree language, 219-223. 



Croucher, Mr., 302. 



Crustacea, the marine, 473-478 ; list 

 of, 506-513. 



Culling of codfish, 320-321. 



Curing, of codfish, 307-309; of hen 

 ring, 345. 



Curlew, the Eskimo, 375-376. 



Curtis, Roger, 138. 



Dab fishing, 347-348. 



Daly, R. A., study of temperature of 



coastal waters by, 292-294. 

 Darby, Captain Nicholas, 22. 

 Daryl, mission launch, 243244. 

 Davis, John, explorations of, 11. 

 Davis Inlet, 11, 45; Hudson's Bay 



Company post at, 181. 

 Dawe, C. & A., 180. 

 Dawson, W. Bell, monograph on 



tides by, 68 n. 



Deep-sea Mission, the, 236-250. 

 Deer-hunting, 47, 78-79, 213-215. 

 Diphtheria, brought by Eskimos from 



Buffalo Exposition, 179, 230. 

 Diseases, 179, 188, 229, 230. 

 Doane, Ernest, 468. 

 Dogs, used in hunting, 204; killing 



of cattle by, 257 ; description of, 



272-273; habits and general 



