TO THE STARTING-POINT 



Uttered an alarmed rasping croak and flopped 

 about on the surface like a wounded bird. 

 Later she flew ahead of the boat to entice us 

 away from her dusky, downy youngsters, 



Another time we were rowed to Grand Bay 

 of Piashte Bay. It is a beautiful spot with 

 rocky and wooded shores. A salmon-fisher had 

 set his nets at the mouth of the river, and was 

 living on his little schooner in a lovely cove 

 well protected from the sea. The river flows 

 around an island and forms two splendid falls, 

 each about forty feet high, grand and impres- 

 sive in the forest. 



The Sea Star arrived on July 2, and early 

 the next morning we were off, taking our host 

 with us as far as Natashquan, which we reached 

 that evening. On the way we passed Queta- 

 choo, Watcl^eeshoo, Pashashiboo, and more of 

 the same kind. Natashquan, formerly called 

 American Harbor, is at the mouth of the Little 

 Natashquan River. It was the starting-point 

 of Audubon's Labrador trip. 



