CHAPTER III 
THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF LABRADOR 
By W. T. GRENFELL 
Ir is probable that the readers of this book are, as a rule, 
most interested inthe drama of human life as, year after year, 
it is being played out in this strange land of Labrador. 
For this very reason one may well pause beforehand to 
review the physical features of the peninsula; in an in- 
timate way and often in spectacular fashion the Labra- 
dorman’s daily life is controlled by natural conditions. 
The simplicity and wholesomeness of that life are chiefly 
due to the fact that the men of the country are always 
close to nature. These essential traits of fine character 
are growing every day in the youth of Labrador much 
as the myriad of exquisite flowers deck its hills during the 
glory of summer; both man and plant are rooted in the 
soil or grip the native rocks, their home by the sea. This 
chapter is intended to furnish a brief outline of the physi- 
ography. Since the northeast coast is from many aspects 
the most interesting part, a following chapter will supply 
additional details on that region; in that chapter a brief 
summary of the geological development of the whole 
peninsula is also included. The scenic importance of the 
Grand Falls of Hamilton River demands a chapter which 
- incidentally describes many typical features of the interior. 
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