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the other with the enlarging lens inserted — exposure 15 seconds. 

 Mr. James Plaskett also photographed the moon with the 45-foot 

 camera. 



This evening four natives were shown around the camp, and 

 they expressed much astonishment at the fact that the white man 

 could make stone (the concrete for our piers). This astonished 

 them much more than the instrumental equipment. 



On the 22nd a small tugboat "Aid" called at North West 

 River at 10 o'clock and took a party over to Gillisport. Dr. 

 King, Mrs. Codd, Miss King, Dr. Mar.sh, Mr. Macara, Mr. Near, 

 Dr. Chant and G. Parry Jenkins were invited to luncheon on board 

 the S.S. Brierdeen (Captain Crowe in charge), anchored outside 

 the harbor. Mr. and Mrs. Maunder, Father Kavanagh, with 

 Messrs. Upton, Jeiniings, Collins and Russell, were invited to 

 luncheon with Captain Girvan aboard the steamship Londonderry, 

 of 2,800 tons burden, loaded with lumber valued at $35,000, just 

 • ready, to sail for Manchester, England. After luncheon we all 

 went ashore and were shown over the Grand River Pulp and Lum- 

 ber Company's possessions, the onl}^ lumber company operating in 

 Labrador. Here we saw a horse, which is the only place on the 

 coast "where such an animal is to be found. Mr. Gillis told us that 

 this company was the first to import a horse to the country, and 

 that three years ago, when the natives first saw it, they ran away, 

 thinking it was a wild animal. On reaching our camp at night we 

 found that during our absence a terrible storm had swept our can- 

 vas village and only for Prof. DeLury's careful attention our loss 

 might have been heavy. As it was, Mr. Maunder's largest tent, 

 including his equatorial telescope, was blown over, and his dark 

 room demolished. 



Aug. 23rd Mr. Cotter harnessed his Esquimaux dogs and drew 

 lumber for our camp, afterward hitching them to his komatic and 

 gave exhibitions of their power and skill. These dog teams travel 

 great distances and draw heavy loads. In driving the team the 

 words generally used are : Ouk — to the right, Rara — to the left. 

 Wit — go ahead. Ah — stop. Most of this daj^ however, was spent 

 in timing the driving clock ; fitting on Di:. Chant's photo polaris- 



