CONSERVATION IN LABRADOR 



sea-birds breed, but this is not the case. The 

 frequent rains and the freezing and thawing 

 prevent the accumulation such as is found in 

 dry climates like that of Peru. 



The water-power of the country is enor- 

 mous and the possibilities in the production 

 of wood-pulp are great. It is sincerely to be 

 hoped that the proper forestry restrictions will 

 be placed on the latter industry, as is now 

 voluntarily done at Clark City in the Bay of 

 Seven Islands, and that the country will not 

 be ruthlessly stripped £ind left a rocky desert. 



As regards mineral wealth, there are serious 

 doubts as to its existence in paying quantities 

 in the Labrador Peninsula. 



But what lies nearest to my heart is the 

 subject of bird-conservation, which is so sadly 

 needed on the coast of Labrador. In the latter 

 part of the eighteenth century, in the time of 

 Cartwright, water-birds swarmed along the 

 coast. The Eskimos and the Indians, the polar 

 bears and the raptorial birds, served but to 

 keep the bird-colonies in healthy condition. 

 The white man is more systematic in his 

 methods and more thorough when he is stimu- 

 lated by the expectation of financial gains, and, 



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