EST AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



"but as our pilot knew as much of this harbor 

 as he did of the others, which means nothing 

 at all, our captain thought prudent to stand 

 off and proceed to Bras d'Or," which they 

 reached the following morning. Here the seal- 

 fishing establishment of Mr. Jones was visited 

 afterwards so interestingly described in the 

 "Episode" already referred to, and much in- 

 formation on the birds and beasts and people 

 gathered. Here it was that Audubon at last 

 succeeded in finding the nest of the homed lark, 

 long sought in vain, and he makes a tantaliz- 

 ing record of the now extinct pied or Labrador 

 duck as follows: "The Pied Duck breeds here 

 on the top of the low bushes, but the season is 

 so far advanced we have not found its nest." 

 At noon on August i they "were visited 

 by an iceberg, which has been drifting within 

 three miles of us, and is now grounded at the 

 entrance of the bay; it looks like a large man- 

 of-war dressed in light green muslin, instead 

 of canvas, and when the sun strikes it, it glit- 

 ters with intense brilliancy." Two days later 

 the Wizard, commanded by Captain Wilcomb, 

 of Ipswich, which had anchored near, broke 

 her stern chain in a gale, collided with the 

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