THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF LABRADOR 55 
The maps showing Mr. Low’s traverses are published by 
the Geological Survey Department at Ottawa, Canada; 
they are the only reliable maps of any part of the interior. 
The distances along the coast-lines of the peninsula 
are truly ‘‘magnificent.” The air-line stretch from Battle 
Harbour to Cape Chidley on the northeast coast is seven 
hundred miles; following the sinuosities the shore-line is 
doubtless three to four times as long. From Cape Chidley 
to Cape Wolstenholme (the north coast) is about five hun- 
dred miles as the crow would fly, if he eould live up there. 
From Cape Wolstenholme to the bottom of James Bay is 
another eight hundred miles, while the south coast is ap- 
proximately seven hundred miles, also in a straight line. 
Thousands of miles of additional shore-line are represented 
in the numerous inlets and in the literally thousands of 
islands along the southern and northeastern coasts. The 
relative accessibility of the coasts, coupled with the fact 
that fisheries will long be the principal industry of the 
country, makes it expedient to use more space in the de- 
scription of these parts of the peninsula. Besides the 
physiography described in the special chapter on the 
northeast coast, I shall here add some notes derived from 
my own exploration of the northern fiords. 
If one could and should accurately picture the fiords, it 
would mean that half the interest of the visitors in these 
northern waters would be lost. The romance of these 
wonderful cleavages in the mountains largely consists 
in the feeling one has that, when he turns a corner, no 
man has told him what will next meet the eye. The study 
of the fiords has only just begun; all that I can do is to give 
some indication as to general location, lengths, and con- 
