A LABRADOR SPRING 
veyor of Newfoundland and Labrador, in which 
‘‘ arduous service he continued until the winter 
of 1767.” 
To return to our own voyage: — on the right 
hand or easterly extremity of the Bay of Seven 
Islands, in a narrow line between the white 
beach in front and the dark forest behind, 
stretches the town of the same name. The 
small houses all looked thrifty, brightly painted 
in white or gray with dark blue or red roofs, 
dominated by a large priests’ house and a church 
with a tin-covered spire and a red roof. At the 
left hand end of the town is the Indian village 
with its smaller houses and church and numer- 
ous tall flagstaffs, and beyond is the Hudson’s 
Bay Company’s Post with H. B. C. in large 
letters on the roof of the store. 
In May the larger fishing boats were still for 
the most part drawn up on the sand, but, as 
soon as the steamer came to anchor a mile or so 
from the shallow beach, a crowd of smaller 
boats and canoes raced for her. In one of the 
latter with an Indian was the Hudson’s Bay 
Company’s factor, Dr. Ross. The steamer was 
soon boarded by a picturesque and weather- 
beaten crowd, and the usual excitement of the 
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