TO THE MEMORY OF 



f^AUL A. CHADBOURNE, 



LATE PRESIDENT OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE, AND FOR SOME 



TIME PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL 



HISTORY IN BOWDOIN COLLEGE, AND WHO 



CONDUCTED THE FIRST STUDENTS' 



EXPEDITION FROM WILLIAMS 



COLLEGE TO LABRADOR, 



THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED 



BY HIS FORMER PUPIL AND FRIEND, THE AUTHOR, WHO 



GLADLY. ACKNOWLEDGES THE ENCOURAGEMENT 



AND MANY KINDNESSES RECEIVED FROM HIM 



IN HIS EARLY STUDENT DAYS. 



