A LABRADOR SPRING 
still experimental, yet many of the initial 
difficulties have already been overcome. Nu- 
merous minor failures seem explainable in large 
measure, and are offset by several conspicuous 
successes. It is therefore probable that under 
proper management fox raising will be de- 
veloped into a profitable industry, and it is 
perhaps not too much to expect that a domestic 
breed of foxes will be produced. Only time 
will show how such expectations will be realized, 
but present indications must be regarded as 
very encouraging.” 
The house of this Belgian Cartwright did not 
remind one of Labrador, although many of 
the trophies displayed on its walls were products 
of the country. The rooms were large and 
comfortable, with ample doors and windows. 
One room suggested an armoury, as it contained 
racks of guns of all sizes and patterns, from the 
newest hammerless breech loaders to the old- 
time muzzle loader with an elongated barrel. 
The window-sills of the billiard-room were lined 
with flowering plants, and the walls contained 
many products of the chase, — boars’ heads 
from Europe and caribou antlers, seal skins 
and bear skins from the neighbourhood. A 
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