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connected with life on the Atlantic side of Newfoundland 

 and Labrador, being an economic and moral force of the 

 greatest significance. 



VII. 



SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION. 



The points at which we touched on our voyages north 

 and south were so numerous and so close together that they 

 gave us a very thorough idea of the character of the coast 

 we were investigating in its different parts. The structure 

 and appearance of the country vary considerably in different 

 regions; but probably very few of the prominent differences 

 escaped us. We anchored at twenty-eight different places 

 along the seven hundred miles of coast. At almost every 

 one of these places we went ashore, either for a single even- 

 ing's observations, or often during several days while imme- 

 diate further progress, for one reason or another, was im- 

 possible. We got acquainted also with six localities in New- 

 foundland in a similar way. At some places we covered a 

 considerable inland territory in our investigations. Thus at 

 St. Lewis Sound we went in a rowboat several miles up one 

 of the rivers; at Aillik several of us took a long walk, extend- 

 ing almost to the head of Mokkovik Bay; at Port Man vers 

 two of the party were encamped for a month; between 

 Hebron and Nachvak two of us covered the entire inter- 

 vening country on foot; and at Nachvak we made a thorough 

 exploration of the shores, and walked several miles inland to 

 the north. 



We were thus enabled to accomplish a very creditable 

 amount of scientific observation along the lines for which we 



