AMERICAN HARBOR. OR NATASHQUAN 



were dark and wrinkled and not so attrac- 

 tive. 



The Indians usually spend the whole win- 

 ter, from the latter part of August till May, 

 hunting in the interior. They migrate up and 

 down the great rivers and by well-trodden por- 

 tage paths. The winter before many had to come 

 out early on account of the scarcity of game. 

 In the summer months they trade their furs 

 for necessaries and luxuries, attend to their 

 religious duties at the Catholic missions, and 

 spread along the coast feasting on sea-birds and 

 their eggs. 



On our way back we noticed near the beach 

 the pale blue-green leaves of the lungwort 

 just appearing. This plant makes mats of foli- 

 age close to the sand and bears pink, chang- 

 ing to sky-blue, flower-bells. It is called on 

 this coast vie toujours, and with it is connected 

 a pleasing bit of folk-lore. It appears that it is 

 a common habit for a young girl to take two 

 branches of this plant and pin them by the 

 middle perpendicularly against the wall. As 

 they wilt, they bend either towards or away 

 from each other. If the former, the young man 

 will marry her; otherwise not. The captain, 

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