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relations did, and cared about nothing else in the world. Whenever the 

 weather was fair, he walked with his dame over the moss-covered rocks 

 of the neighbourhood ; and, during winter, killed ptarmigans and kara- 

 boos, while his eldest son attended to the traps, and skinned the animals 

 caught in them. He had the only horse that was to be found in that 

 part of the country, as well as several cows ; but, above all, he was kind 

 to every one, and every one spoke well of him. The only disagreeable 

 thing about his plantation or settlement, was a heap of fifteen hundred 

 carcasses of skinned seals, which, at the time when we visited the place, in 

 the month of August, notwithstanding the coolness of the atmosphere, 

 sent forth a stench that, according to the ideas of some naturalists, might 

 have sufficed to attract all the Vultures in the United States. 



During our stay at Bras d'Or, the kind-hearted and good Mrs 



daily sent us fresh milk and butter, for which we were denied the pleasure 

 of making any return. 



