NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder ) 
ty miles of canoe and port- 
age beyond and _ secured 
measurements and some 
photographs. There have 
been no really good pic- 
tures taken because of the 
clouds of mist rismg a 
thousand feet anj more, 
obscuring the view. Later 
Cary and Cole made the 
same trip and named Bow- 
doin Canyon for the college 
of which they are gradu- 
ates. This last summer, a 
nurse formerly connected 
with the Grenfell mission 
gave an exhibition of cour- 
age and _ hardihood by 
reaching a point one hun- 
dred and fifty miles beyond 
the falls. The measure- 
ments given by the Bryant 
party are as follows. There 
is a drop in twelve miles 
of seven hundred and 
twelve feet, while the sheer 
drop is three hundred and 
torty-eight feet. As the 
river narrows to one hun- 
dred and fifty yards at the 
falls the force of the tor- 
rent is well nigh irresisti- 
ble, a horsepower going to 
waste sufficient to run the 
railroads and factories of 
Canada. ‘The roar of fall- 
ing waters is easily audible 
twenty miles away and is 
probably accountable in a measure for the superstitious 
reverence in which the Indians hold the place. 
will come when the falls will be accessible to the casual 
tourist, for they rank too high as scenic wonders to be 
forever hidden; but at present the long and arduous 
journey and the flies and mosquitoes are sufficient detri- 
ments to keep away all but the hardiest. To rank insects 
as an important factor in travel may be a surprise to 
some, but no one who has experience of their bloody 
attacks will treat them with anything but 
respect. 
The natives with whom one comes 
in contact are ysually of English stock, 
though there are some traces of French 
occupation. They are a sturdy people, 
working hard and living simply, of a 
religious habit; drunkenness and _pro- 
fanity are not prevalent amongst them 
as they so frequently are in fishing com- 
munities. A small number, some three 
thousand, are permanent inhabitants, but 
the summer brings some twenty or thirty 
thousand more. Before the ice is fairly 
out they are picking their way along the 
coast to the good fishing grounds where 
they will toil early and late in their sum- 
mer’s gamble for a living. 
There are along the coast about 
twelve hundred Esquimaux, but the 
number is yearly growing less as, like all 
primitive people, they assimilate the 
white man’s vices more readily than his 
MISSION BUILDINGS AT ST. ANTHONY 
The time 
WILFRED GRENFELL—A 
PERAMBULATING PROVIDENCE 
virtues. They are of Mon- 
golian origin and it is the 
accepted belief that they 
crossed to the American 
continent from Kam- 
schatka. It is possible that 
their choice of the part of 
the country near the Arctic 
circle for a home was the 
result of the hostility of 
the Algonquins and Crees. 
They are short in stature, 
but strongly built and have 
remarkable endurance. 
They show a great deal of 
dexterity in fashioning 
their dog  sledges and 
kyacks, are very musical 
and in places like Nain 
where they are under mis- 
sionary influence, learn to 
perform very creditabiy 
on the various band instru- 
ments. 
The Indians are of 
two tribes, the Montagnars 
and Nanskopis and it is 
said of them that nowhere 
in America could red men 
be found more like those 
whom the first explorers 
of the country knew. ‘The 
Montagnars number about 
three thousand and are 
usually of fine physique. 
They occupy the lower end 
of the peninsula. . Person- 
ally they ate a brave, mor- 
al law-abiding people and very religious, thanks to the 
Franciscans who have labored among them since sixteen 
hundred and fifteen. 
The Nanskopis live in the interior of the country and 
for that reason have come less under mission influence. 
The snow shoes made by these tribes are remarkable for 
the fineness and exactness of the filling or babiche. The 
great spectacle is at the time of the caribou migration 
when the Indians intercepting the herds as they cross the 
lakes and streams spear great numbers 
of them from their canoes. 
No trip to “the Labrador” would be 
complete without a visit to the Grenfell 
mission station and an understanding 
of the work done by that remarkable 
man. From a small beginning in 1892 
he has built up an institution that in most 
of its activities will survive him and it 
is not too much to say of him that he 
has raised the living standards of a peo- 
ple. He has now four principal hos- 
pitals, the great fisherman’s institute at 
St. John’s, co-operative storcs, a saw mill, 
a huge reindeer herd and a dozen other 
activities. He possesses to a remarkable 
degree the power of inspiring others with 
his enthusiasm and many able associates 
have helped him in the work. 
Every year students and nurses 
from the colleges and hospitals of. Eng- 
land, Canada and the United States vol- 
unteer for service on land and sea and 
the natives have much (Cont'd to p. 53) 
