IN AUDUBON'S LABEAIX)B 



if he should hear this. He gave the Eskimos a 

 square deal, however, which is more than some 

 missionaries have done. 



At Bradore Bay in Audubon's time dwelt a 

 Mr. Jones, whose fame still lingers in this re- 

 gion, and tales are still told of his grand style 

 of living. One of his sisters, as I have already 

 stated, married the first Samuel Robertson of 

 Sparr Point, and was living there when Audu- 

 bon called. A son of Mr. Jones is still living — 

 an old man over eighty years of age — at Wolf 

 Bay, Cape Whittle. We saw his substantial 

 houses from a distance, but it was one of our 

 very busy days and we were unable to pay him 

 a call. Audubon has given an amusing account 

 of this settler at Bradore in his "Episode" on 

 "The Squatters of Labrador," but he refers to 

 him as Mr. . He was embarrassed by hav- 

 ing Mrs. Jones point to some "vile prints hung 

 on the bare walls, which she said were elegant 

 Italian pictures," and he had to compose his 

 features when she described a musical instru- 

 ment, at that time sent away for repairs, which 

 had at one end "a crooked handle, by turning 

 which round, either fast or slow, I do assure 

 you we make most excellent music." The fajn- 

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