6 Preface. 



ly revised and brought down to date by Dr: J. A. Allen. Dr. 

 S. H. Scudder has contributed the list of butterflies, and Prof. 

 John Macoun, of Ottawa, Canada, has kindly prepared the list 

 of Labrador plants. The proof of this chapter has, in his 

 absence, been read by Mr. Sereno Watson, Curator of the 

 Harvard Herbarium, and who has kindly made some addi- 

 tional notes and corrections. 



Much pains has been taken to render the bibliography 

 complete, and the author is indebted to Dr. Franz Boas and 

 others for several titles and important suggestions ; and it is 

 hoped that this feature of the book will recommend it to col- 

 lectors of Americana. 



The author also acknowledges his great indebtedness to 

 William Bradford, Esq., the Arctic traveller and artist, for con- 

 stant aid and courtesies extended while a member of his party, 

 and for the gift of a number of photographs of the coast scenery 

 and of the Eskimos, some of which have been reproduced in 

 this volume. 



The results of the three Canadian expeditions to Hudson's 

 Bay under Lieut. A. R. Gordon, R. N., of which Dr. Robert 

 Bell was the naturalist and geologist ; and of the journeys of 

 Dr. K. R. Koch, and of Mr. Randle F. Holme, have been in- 

 cluded, so that the work has been brought down to date and 

 represents our present knowledge of the coast and interior. 



It is hoped that the volume will serve as a guide to the 

 Labrador coast for the use of travellers, yachtsmen, sportsmen, 

 artists, and naturalists, as well as those interested in geographi- 

 cal and historical studies. 



Brown University, 

 Providence, R. I. 



