AN ACADIAN VILLAGE 
French steamer that plied along the coast. 
The sign ‘‘ Passagers are not admit on Foot- 
bridge ’’ showed a recognition of the existence 
of English-speaking people, and a desire to 
reconcile the two languages. 
As the people of Esquimaux Point are all 
fisher-folk, their houses are strung along the 
shore so as to be in close touch with the pas- 
tures of the sea from which the harvest is 
gathered. Each family lived in a picturesque 
little house, and, as they all were very similar 
in appearance, one description will do for all. 
They were of wood neatly painted in white or 
gray with dark coloured roofs, their greatest 
charm, aside from the little dormer windows, 
being the graceful up-curve at the eaves, a 
universal characteristic. The windows all in one 
piece appeared to be permanently sealed, but 
as June advanced the winter fastenings of 
some were withdrawn, and they were opened 
to the air. Plaster was not used in the con- 
struction of these houses — indeed only two 
plastered houses did we find along this Labra- 
dor coast — but the generous wood-piles and 
the stoves made to burn half a dozen long logs 
at once gave an idea of the warmth to be 
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