CHAPTER XL 



RECENT EXPLORATIONS: 



Of late years fresh attention has been paid to the ex- 

 ploration of the Labrador Peninsula. Dr. Franz Boas 

 has published in "Science "for Feb. 17, 1888, "Notes 

 on the Geography of Labrador," which contains refer- 

 ence to explorations in this country undertaken within 

 a few years. Dr. Boas, it appears to us, erroneously 

 states that the MS. map by Rev. S. Weiz, which we 

 used in the compilation of the map in the present vol- 

 ume (originally published in the Bulletin of the Ameri- 

 can Geographical Society), "was published in January, 

 1869, in the Missionsblatt aus der Briidergemeinde!^ 

 The MS. map loaned us by the Rev. Dr. Latrobe must 

 have been a later one, with corrections, as it differs in 

 a number of essential points, as may be seen if any 

 one will examine the copy of the Moravian map pub- 

 lished in '' Science," and also previously in the Missions- 

 blatt, with that in this book ; for example, Weiz's 

 earlier published map represents Killinek, near Cape 

 Chidley, as one large island, whereas in our map the 

 Killinek of 1869 is represented by two large islands. 

 Also, Nachvak Inlet, Saeglek Bay, and the inlet on 

 which Hebron is situated are very different in the two 



* This map is here reproduced, thanks to the publishers of " Science." 



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