BRADORE BAY AND PERROQUET ISLAND 



ily lived very comfortably and were most hos- 

 pitable to Audubon and his party. "During 

 our stay at Bras d'Or," he says, "the kind- 

 hearted and good Mrs. daily sent us fresh 



milk and butter, for which we were denied the 

 pleasure of making any return." Mr. Jones was 

 an interesting man who had seen much of the 

 world, but was well content and happy to settle 

 here where he earned a comfortable living by 

 sealing, fishing, and trapping. "Whenever the 

 weather was fair, he walked with his dame over 

 the moss-covered rocks of the neighborhood; 

 and during winter killed Ptarmigans and Cari- 

 bous, while his eldest son attended to the traps, 

 and skinned the animals caught in them. He 

 had the only horse that was to be found in that 

 part of the country, as well as several cows ; but, 

 above all, he was kind to every one, and every 

 one spoke well of him." The house with all its 

 interesting contents was long ago burned to the 

 ground. It stood near where the house of Cap- 

 tain Blais now stands, on the eastern shore of 

 the bay. The place is still called Jones's Point. 

 We caught but fleeting glimpses of the pic- 

 turesque mountains which reach their climax in 

 three rounded peaks at the head of the bay. 

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