IN AUDUBON'S LABEADOB 



It was a beautiful afternoon when we en- 

 tered the wonderful Bay of Seven Islands, 

 They were having a good season at the whale 

 factory, but no whales were to be seen and 

 we were too far to windward to perceive the 

 usual evidence of them. At Clark City Wharf 

 — the port of the wood-pulp factory eleven 

 miles distant in the forest — we landed one 

 of the Clark brothers and listened to talk 

 about the management of the men and pulp 

 production. I also had the pleasure of hear- 

 ing the songs of a Tennessee warbler, a white- 

 throated sparrow, and a hermit thrush, while 

 my companion filled his box with flowers. 



This bay is of great interest to the orni- 

 thologist, as here brant collect in immense 

 numbers in the spring preparatory to their long 

 flight across the base of the Labrador Peninsula 

 to James Bay. Unlike most water-birds, which 

 skirt the coast in the migrations, they make 

 this short cut across the land. While resting in 

 the bay they feed on the eel-grass, which grows 

 here in great profusion. Eel-grass also is a fa- 

 vorite diet of the Canada goose, and it is called 

 on the coast herbe outard, for the Canada goose 

 is known here as l' outard, a name used by 



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