IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



It is a sporting life and develops independence 

 and strength of character; Labrador is no 

 place for weaklings. 



It is well to mention this bright side of the 

 picture, for, as the fisheries fail more and more 

 from year to year, one hears only of insuffi- 

 cient clothing and scanty food, of scurvy and 

 beri-beri, of slow starvation and death, until 

 some think this is the universal condition on 

 the Labrador coast and that each village is 



"A hungry village by a hungry sea, 

 As worn and gray as any Calvary!" 



It has even been urged that the people be 

 all transported to more favorable regions. The 

 fact is, there is poverty everywhere, especially 

 among the ignorant, but after all "there is no 

 place like home," and a love of one's native 

 land is possessed by all. As I have just shown, 

 life in Labrador may be extremely pleasant, 

 and with sufficient food and clothing no one 

 minds the winter. Captain Cartwright wrote 

 that he was often chilly in England, but never 

 in Labrador, and my Belgian friend has con- 

 firmed this. I believe that through conser- 

 vation and education the life of the Labra- 



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