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age to the northward. Toward their heads 

 the rivers flow nearly on a level with the sur- 

 rounding country without definite valleys, but 

 as they approach the coast they descend into 

 deep valleys, which they follow to the sea. 

 The Saguenay is an example of one of these 

 valleys, cut down 1,500 feet below the level 

 of the surrounding country, while the valley 

 of the Hamilton extends 400 miles inland, and 

 is everywhere several hundred feet below the 

 general level. 



As might be expected with a range of 1,000 

 miles in latitude, there are great differences 

 in climate between the southern and northern 

 portions of Labrador. Along the shore of 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence hardy crops are easily 

 grown, and many of the river-valleys are 

 well fitted for settlement. As the central area 

 is approached the climate becomes more 

 rigorous, and varies from temperate in sum- 

 mer to extreme cold in winter, when the ther- 

 mometer often registers 50 degrees below zero. 

 Along the coast of Hudson Bay good root 

 crops are raised at Fort George in lati- 

 tude 54 degrees, but on the Atlantic coast the 

 summer temperature is so lowered by the ice- 

 laden arctic current that only at the heads of 



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