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t; not an ob- 

 are high and 

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 come to our 

 lage, the only 

 I on a harbor 

 )s could safely 

 ge is built on 

 ea-wall, under 

 ire from every 

 re ascended the 

 The temper- 

 afternoon the 

 ie on deck, and 

 rself. We find 

 le fisheries, and 

 ' Charles Tenni- 

 from Quebec to 

 the bay, a small 

 ded us, assisting 

 salmon, which 1 

 anchors touched 

 try to purchase 

 nothing but two 

 id to contain two 

 rht all round us, 

 'd to be abundant 

 |e to the. fishers' 

 le seen across the 

 idians adorn the 

 \ nearly as severe 

 [nd the low, well- 

 once account for 

 V remaining from 

 [idant, others that 

 tain which report 



is true. I have not slept a minute since we left Labra- 

 dor. The ice here did not break up so that the bay could 

 be navigated till the 17th of May, and I feel confident no 

 one could enter the harbors of Labrador before the loth 

 of June, or possibly even later. 



August 14' All ashore in search of birds, plants, 

 shells, and all the usual et ceteras attached to our voca- 

 tions; but we all were driven on board soon, by a severe 

 storm of wind and rain, showing that Newfoundland has 

 its share of bad weather. Whilst on shore we found the 

 country quite rich compared with Labrador, all the vege- 

 table productions being much larger, more abundant, and 

 finer. We saw a flock of House Swallows that had bred 

 about the little village, now on their passage southwest, 

 and all gay and singing. I forgot to say that two days 

 since, when about forty miles out at sea, we saw a flock of 

 the Republican Swallow. I saw here the Blue yellow- 

 eyed Warbler, the Fish-Hawk, several species of Spar- 

 rows, among them the Lincoln's Finch, the Canada Tit- 

 mouse, Black-headed ditto, White-winged Crossbill, Pine 

 Grosbeak, Maryland Yellow-throat, Pigeon Hawk, Hairy 

 Woodpecker, Bank Swallow, Tell-tale Godwit, Golden- 

 eyed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, three Loons, — of 

 which two were young and almost able to fly ; the Spotted 

 Sandpiper, and a flock of Tringas, the species of which 

 could not be ascertained. We spoke to some of the na- 

 tive Indians to try to engage them to show us the way to 

 the interior, where we are told the Small, or True Ptarmi- 

 gan abounds, but they were too lazy even to earn money. 

 Among the plants we found two varieties of rose, and the 

 narrow-leaved kalmia. Few supplies can be obtained, and 

 a couple of small clearings are all the cultivated land we 

 have seen since we left the Magdalene Islands. On re- 

 turning to our vessel, I was rowed on the roughest sea I 

 have ever before encountered in an open boat, but our 

 captain was at the helm and we reached the deck safely 



