TO ESQUIMAUX POINT 
pack of hounds in full cry. It is an interesting 
and musical cry, and some of their expressions 
may be represented by the syllables ong-hic, 
and a-ond-a-lou. The Indians call these ducks 
cock-a-wee, a name doubtless suggested by 
some of their conversational calls. Now as we 
did not see any more old squaws farther east, 
and as there were none to be found here on our 
return, we concluded, —and this conclusion 
was confirmed by the reports of hunters along 
the coast, — that the old squaws like the brant 
migrate north over the isthmus of the Labrador 
Peninsula. 
The sun set that night in a cloudless sky, cold, 
clear, golden yellow, and the glow in the north- 
west was very slow in fading. The twilights 
are long and beautiful in these regions. 
Issuing from a dark ravine the Riviére 
Blanche pours its white cataract of waters 
almost directly into the sea, and in the distance 
in the forest the mist arising from the great falls 
of the Manitou River can be seen. The next 
stop was made by the steamer at Grand or 
Sandy River, a desolate rocky and sandy spot 
where a score of unpainted houses and a small 
gray church cling desperately to their mooring. 
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