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THE LABRADOR COAST. 



A JOURNAL OF TWO SUMMER CRUISES 

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■WITH NOTES ON ITS EARLY DISCOV- 

 ERY. ON THE ESKIMO, ON ITS PHY- 

 SICAL GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND 

 NATURAL HISTORY, TOGETHER WITH 

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 THE CIVIL AND NATURAL HISTORY 

 OF THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. 



By ALPHEUS SPRING PACKARD, M.D., Ph.D. 



Sportsmen and ornithologists -wil oe interested In 

 the list ol Labrador birds by Mr. L. W. Turner, 

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Much pains has been taken to render the bibliog- 

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SCIENCE 



is in preparation, and will be 

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