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Quebec on the S.S. King Edward, a small vessel of about 500 tons, 

 and in charge of Captain Bellanger, who proved to be very com- 

 petent, especially on the north shore of the Gulf and coast of 

 Labrador. 



During our sail down the Gulf the King Edward made a num- 

 ber of calls which were interesting to the party. The principal 

 places were Natasquan, Seven Lslands and Blanc Sablong. 



The early morning of Aug. loth found us amid the icebergs 

 of the Atlantic, off the dreary, treacherous coast of Labrador. At 

 day dawn Rev. Father Kavanagh and Mr. Jenkins counted loi 

 floating monsters around our ship. At 9 o'clock, the sky being 

 exceedingly clear down to the horizon, we saw a grand mirage. 

 One vessel appeared upside down and several icebergs had the 

 same effect and appeared hanging down in the sky. In the early 

 part of the afternoon a perfect solar halo was visible, the circle 

 being complete for one and a half hours. It was about 22 >^ degrees 

 in diameter and the coloring very visible — red inside and violet 

 outside. Dr. Marsh photographed this phenomenon, while he in 

 turn was photographed by Mrs. Maunder, who described the at- 

 tempt as "Astronomy under difficulties." Mr. Maunder told us 

 that the Babylonians had accurately observed solar halos (accord- 

 ing to the evidence of Strassmeyer) and measured the diameter. 

 22^ degrees, while they also had observed a second circle and 

 computed the diameter at 45 degrees. 



Arriving at Rigoulette about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we 

 went ashore. When standing on the fishermen's wharf we recog- 

 nized the spot where Hubbard and Wallace were photographed on 

 their arrival, as appearing in "The Lure of the Labrador Wild." 

 We photographed Lord Strathcona's old house, where he lived for 

 over twelve years when but a young man, now occupied by Mr. 

 Eraser, the present factor. 



On the morning of the nth at 3 o'clock the King Edward took 

 up her anchor from Rigoulette and steamed almost directly west- 

 ward up Lake Melville for 90 miles, when just before noon we 

 got sight of North West River outlet, the site for our camp, and 

 we realized that our journey was almost at an end, 



