IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



these birds are fond of the new tips of the 

 spruce and fir, but at this time of year they 

 were eating curlew- and snow-berries, young 

 leaves of the oval-leafed blueberry, ferns, and 

 the seeds or achenes of sedges. 



We lay secure in our quiet harbor of Old 

 Fort that night, while, as we learned later, the 

 Strathcona with Dr. Grenfell on board spent 

 the night rolling in a heavy sea outside. With 

 a good pilot he would have had a quiet night, 

 and we should have spent a delightful evening 

 with him. He went on the next day and we 

 entirely missed him. 



On July 26, 1833, Audubon states in his 

 Journal: "We left Bale de Portage before five 

 in the morning, with a good breeze, intending 

 to come to at Chevalier's settlement, forty- 

 seven miles; but after sailing thirty, the wind 

 failed us, it rained and blew, with a tremendous 

 sea which almost shook the masts out of our 

 good vessel, and about eight we were abreast 

 of Bonne Espferance; 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." 

 On this same day of July eighty-two years 

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