TO ESQUIMAUX POINT 
north, and so characteristic of the eastern 
Labrador coast, suggested arctic conditions, 
and we had visions of arctic birds breeding 
there, of horned larks and pipits and possibly 
of ptarmigans. At Esquimaux Point we made 
our longest trip inland, a laborious tussle with 
the bog for five hours, yet we found ourselves 
apparently no nearer the mountains than at 
the start. According to Low the range is here 
twenty miles from the shore. 
At Mingan, however, the approach to the 
high land is short and easy. A three mile paddle 
up the swift but smooth waters of the Mingan 
River brings one to the foot of the barrier, up 
which an Indian portage path leads to Manitou 
Lake, high up in the rocky wilderness. Not un- 
til the last day of our stay at Mingan were we 
able to take this trip, and it was well worth 
taking, as it solved many questions we had 
previously asked ourselves. The first discovery 
we made was that there were traces of forest 
growth even on the tops of the ridges, as 
shown by stumps and trunks of considerable 
size. All of these, although for the most part 
smoothed and bleached by long exposure to 
the weather, showed in their crevices and in- 
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