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cope, and attaching the camera to the 3-inch Dollond telescope. 

 For the last four nights most glorious auroral displa3^s were seen, 

 but to-night clouds intervened. But before we close the da)^ just 

 a word about the sunsets. What artist could paint such a sight 

 as this evening presented? The mountain ranges were lit up with 

 the most brilliant lines in red and violet, whilst others were a deep 

 blue. Then it all blended into soleifiu solitude as night threw her 

 sable garments around. 



On Aug. the 24th we were awakened b}- the sighing of the 

 forest trees and the moaning of the sea, each increasing in violence 

 as the da}' proceeded. Our work to-da}' consisted in mixing ce- 

 ment for the pier to carry the lens lent Dr. Marsh by the Chas.- 

 Potter Co. of 85 Yonge Street^ Toronto, Dr. King providing the 

 equatorial head to mount it on. Also the 3-inch telescope camera 

 was finished, and the sun was photographed with it. 



Aug. 25th was a niiserable day, wet and cold. No work was 

 done during the morning. We had a fire built on ihe floor of the 

 old church and our party lay on the sand with feet toward the fire. 

 This humble position was preferable, for the old belfry proved a 

 poor smokestack. Dr. Marsh and the writer, after being smoked 

 out, paid a visit to Mr. Cotter, the Hudson Say factor. He told 

 "us many things of interest about himself, Lord Strathcona, and 

 Labrador. Mr. Cotter was educated in old LTpper Canada College, 

 Toronto, and has been factor for seven years in North West River. 

 He told us that Lord Strathcona was stationed in North West 

 River for about thirteen years, in the fifties. We met with old 

 Joe Goudy and his wife, who told us of their wedding day over 50 

 years ago. The ceremony was performed by Lord Strathcona. 

 North West River is loyal, but isolated. Although Queen Victoria 

 died on Jan. 22, 1901, Mr. Cotter, as a loyal subject, hoisted the 

 flag in front of the Hudson Bay Post in honor of her birthday on 

 May 24, and did not hear of her death till July of that year, v^^hen 

 a fishing vessel from Newfoundland brought the news. 



Aug. 26th we finished fitting up the Thorps grating camera, 

 and photographed the sun with it. Also took a photograph of the 

 sun with the 3-inch Dollond refractor. Both images were very 



