496 
Robertson, Samuel, 16, 30. 
Robin, the, 390. 
Rock cod, 349. 
Rock-tripes, 422. 
Roddick, Dr., boat given by, 240. 
Romaine River, 193. 
Rorke & Sons, firm of, 180. 
Rat, John, 1%. 
Ryans, firm of, 180. 
Ryan’s Bay, 61, 62. 
Sabbath, observance of the, 165-166. 
St. Anthony, mission hospital at, 
238, 241, 242 ff.; codperative 
store at, 244. 
St. Augustine trading-station, 193. 
St. Marguerite River, 193. 
St. Paul, Godefroy de, 19. 
Salmon, 206, 333; instincts and 
habits of, 328-334; destruction 
of supply of, 334-335; former 
and present supply of, 335-337; 
methods of taking, 337-338. 
Salmon cannery, Eagle River, 338. 
Salmon fishing, 46, 78, 206, 328 ff. ; 
on upper Hamilton River, 158. 
Sandgirt Lake, 155-156. 
Sandhill Bay River, salmon fishing 
on, 333. 
Sanitary conditions, 177-178, 245-— 
247. 
Sardines, herrings sold as, 343. 
Scenery of Labrador, 39, 44-46, 51— 
52; relation of, to geological 
formations, 85. 
Schimper, A. F. W., quoted and 
cited, 394, 403, 405, 411, 413, 
414-415. 
School grant, 171. 
Schools, denominational system of, 
174. 
Schooners, fishing, 298-299, 318. 
Scotch, success of, with the Indians, 
194. 
Scoter ducks, 385. 
Sculpin, the, 349. 
Sea-coots, 385. 
Seal, the harp, 365-366; the bay, 
369-370; the ringed, 371; the 
hooded, 371-372; the gray, 373. 
INDEX 
Seal hunting, 20, 144, 145, 168-169, 
361-362, 369. 
Sealskin-boot-making industry, 243, 
248. 
Seasons in Labrador, 74-80. 
Seine-nets for cod fishing, 304-305. 
Seven Islands Bay, 62. 
Seven Islands trading-station, 193; 
Indians at, 196. 
Shark, the sleepy, 350-351. 
Shearwaters, the, 384. 
‘“Shebeens,”’ 175. 
Shrimps, 449-450. 
Sir Donald, Mount, 58. 
Sir Donald, hospital vessel, 240. 
Slaves, Labrador Indians taken as, 9. 
Sleds, construction of, 208. 
Smith, Sir Donald A., 240. 
Snow-shoes, styles of, 208-209. 
Spain, market for fish in, 320. 
Sparrow, the savanna, 380; white- 
crowned, 385-386; tree, 386; 
Lincoln’s, 386-387; fox, 387. 
Spearing fish, 206. 
Sperm whale, the, 357-358. 
Steamers, for fishing and sealing, 168; 
for whale hunting, 359-360. 
Stone age, relics of the, 47—48, 58. 
Strathcona, Lord, 182, 240. 
Strathcona, hospital steamer, 240- 
241. 
Striped Island, 99. 
Sulphur-bottom whales, 352, 354- 
355. 
Sunday, rule against fishing on, 165. 
Swaine, Captain, 33. 
Swallows, species of, 389-390. 
Szkolny, John, 5. 
Tamarack, shoots of, as an emergency 
food, 422. 
Tasker, Mr. and Mrs., 197. 
Telegraph system, 170-171. 
Temperature, summer, 71—73. 
Temperatures of coastal waters, 292— 
294. 
Temple Bay, 22. 
Thompson-Seton, Ernest, cited, 422. 
Thoresby, Mount, 110. 
Thresher whales, 356. 
