SOME LABRADOR RIVERS 
growth was constantly pressing. Now some 
of the plains are filled with vegetation, in others 
the ponds remain with everywhere mossy and 
bushy edges, which are constantly striving 
to gain foot hold waterward. In places, es- 
pecially on the sheltered sides, it is evident 
that vegetation is conquering the water, ex- 
tending out in spots in floating islands over the 
surface. On the opposite side, exposed to the 
waves created by the strong, prevailing winds, 
the vegetation is in places undermined and 
falling in. That the bog will eventually win 
in this battle is only too evident. Then in turn 
the bog gives way to the evergreen forest grad- 
ually creeping in, the way paved by a growth 
of bushes which help to consolidate the spongy 
mass. 
In one of the small ponds of a bog was a tiny 
islet, on which was a mass of goose down. Peer 
as we might we could not see the goose eggs 
that we were sure were concealed in this mass, 
and it was useless to attempt to wade or swim 
to the island, for the water, although clear on 
top and but a few inches to a few feet deep, 
was filled with flocculent peaty mud below of 
uncertain depth. However, a general photo- 
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