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more 

 1 sum- 

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 below 



good 

 in lati- 



coast 

 by the 

 ; heads 



The Labrador Peninsula 



of the long fiords can vegetables be grown in 

 the open air. 



The southern watershed, south of latitude 

 52 degrees, is generally well wooded, and on 

 ^the central plateau black spruce, larch and 

 ^ white birch grow, but they are generally very 

 small. After passing northward of latitude 

 52 degrees the summits of the hills become 

 bare, and continuing northward the barren 

 areas increase, so that in latitude 55 degrees 

 only small, stunted trees are found about the 

 low margins of lakes and water-courses, while 

 beyond latitude 58 degrees the conifers cease 

 to grow, and small arctic willows and birches 

 alone are met with. 



The interior is inhabited during the winter 



by a few families of Indians belonging to the 



Algonquin or Cree family. They are divided 



into three tribes, the Montagnais of the south, 



|the Nascaupees of the northern interior and 



Ihe coastal tribe of Hudson Bay. During the 



Rummer nearly all descend to the Hudson 



ifeay posts on the coasts to trade and to meet 



their relatives and friends ; and they usually 



remain at the coast from one to three months. 



The Eskimo are found scattered along the 



ioast from Hamilton Inlet to Hudson Strait 



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