THE 



CANADIAN 



NATURALIST AND GEOLOGIST. 



Yol. VIII. DECEMBER, 1863. No. 6. 



Art. XXVIII. — A list of Animals dredged near Caribou Island, 

 Southern Labrador, during July and August, 1860 ; by A. S„ 

 Packard, Jr. 



The following results were collected during a stay of fifty days, 

 with a party of six others, left by the Williams College (Mass.) 

 Expedition to Greenland, in the summer of 1860. 



Caribou Island is situated in the extreme IS". E. corner of the 

 Gulf of St. .Lawrence, at the entrance of the straits of Belle Isle 

 in lat. 51°.25, long. 57°.39. It is composed of sienitic rocks, and 

 is the largest of many small islets which line the coast of Labra- 

 dor between the Mecatinas and Bradore. Like many others, this 

 island is situated directly opposite the mouth of a long narrow 

 bay, or reach, two or three miles in extent, which receives a shal- 

 low impetuous stream. Salmon Bay, thus protected from the heavy 

 swell of the Gulf, by the high cliffs of Caribou island, affords, with 

 its deep muddy bottom, good anchorage, and a comparatively quiet 

 harbor for the fishing vessels which yearly frequent it. It is con- 

 nected on the west by a narrow ship channel with another exposed 

 bay which receives Esquimaux River. On the east side, between 

 the island and the mainland, is a narrow passage closed to navi- 

 gation by a sand bar, where the fishermen draw their nets for 

 capelin, lance fish, and young cod for bait. As the water deepens 

 towards the gulf, the sand grows coarser, till farther out, where the 

 strong current, sweeping down the Straits, carries off the fine 

 Can. Nat. 27 Vol. VIII. 



