Trail and Camp-Fire 



and down the east coast of Hudson Bay to 

 Fort George. The west branch of the Kok- 

 soak River, which closely parallels latitude 

 58 degrees, forms the dividing line between 

 the hunting grounds of the Eskimo and the 

 Indians in the interior; south of this line the 

 Eskimo confine themselves to the coast. Al- 

 though no longer at war, there is no love lost 

 between these races, and they rarely associate 

 and never intermarry. 



Travel in the interior of Labrador is con- 

 fined to canoes in summer and to walking in 

 winter. Notwithstanding Gilbert Parker, who 

 sends a man across Labrador from Ungava on 

 a well-beaten trail, it is impossible to travel on 

 foot except when the streams and lakes are 

 frozen, on account of the long, irregular bays 

 of lakes that stretch out in all directions, as 

 well as the many deep, mossy swamps which 

 occupy the lower grounds when lakes are 

 absent. Pack animals cannot be used because 

 of the lack of fodder, the southern country 

 being deeply covered with moss, while the 

 northern barrens are 'clad with a mantle of 

 white lichens with little or no grass. The fre- 

 quent portages put the use of heavy boats out 

 of the question, and reduce the modes of sum- 



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