SOME LABRADOR RIVERS 
into a language which has not the r-sound at 
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Although we caught a glimpse from the 
steamer of the Romaine River as it empties 
into the sea, our most satisfactory and inter- 
esting acquaintance with it was in the wilder- 
ness north of Esquimaux Point, for here the 
river flows from east to west parallel with the 
coast. Our search for the Romaine was made 
on July irth, a day on which many of the 
smaller birds had arrived, and winter was 
changing to summer, a day when the tempera- 
ture climbed above 60° at noon, although it 
registered only 48° Far. morning and night. 
The path from Esquimaux Point starts at the 
crucifix behind the village, and goes north 
through the spruce and balsam woods, — woods 
that were stunted by frequent cutting. We 
soon came to a bog, the familiar bog of Labra- 
dor, overflowing with moisture, a great sponge 
of sphagnum moss and reindeer lichen, inter- 
spersed with clumps of Labrador tea and laurel 
and alder, and with scattered larches and 
spruces, so dwarfed and prostrate as to scarce 
1Labrador, by W. T. Grenfell and Others. New York, 
1909, Pp. 193. 
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