THE INTERIOR OF LABRADOR. 22/ 



maps ; while no mountain ranges were inserted in the 

 London MS. map of Mr. Weiz. 



Our knowledge of the interior of Northern Labrador 

 has been somewhat extended by Dr. R. Koch, who 

 wintered in Nain m 1882-83, his brief but interesting 

 account being published in the Deutsche Geographische 

 Biatter (Band VU. Heft 2, 1884, pp. 151-163). The 

 Eskimos in the spring go after reindeer in sledges from 

 Nain to the plateau of the interior, which is reached 

 after a journey of four or five days, at the rate of thirty 

 English miles a day, through fiord-like valleys. After 

 one or two days more the height of land is reached. 

 This water-shed approaches the shore in the northern 

 part of the peninsula, being only one day's journey dis- 

 tant from Rama, which is the northernmost Moravian 

 station, being situated in lat. N. 58° 52' 54 . From 

 this water-shed arise the rivers Koaksoak and Kangerd- 

 lualuksoak (George River), which flow into Ungava; 

 Bay. This water-shed terminates in Killinek, and its- 

 outliers form the Button Islands. The narrower the 

 mountainous district becomes, the higher it is. Near 

 Hopedale the mountains, so far as Koch could see from 

 looking inland, rise only a few hundred feet; while at 

 Nain the mountains close by the sea are from 800 to 

 1,200 feet high. The Kiglapait, or Saw-teeth Mountains, 

 between Nain and Okkak, have an elevation of several 

 thousand feet (2,000, according to the British Admi- 

 ralty chart). Kaumajat (Shining Mountain), situated 

 south of Hebron, reaches this height (see p. 9). Al- 

 though Koch has added nothing materially new to the 

 information given in the first chapter of this book, we 

 may add that he states that north of Hebron the coun- 



