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With the Harmony to Labrador - Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East - Coast of Labrador by Benjamin la Trobe
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"THE HARMONY" 1
HOPEDALE 4
TITUS, NATIVE HELPER AT HOPEDALE 10
ESKIMO HOUSES 19
A GROUP OF WIDOWS AT NAIN 21
THE CHOIR AT NAIN 22
ICE AGROUND 29
RAMAH 36
TENTS AT RAMAH 37
AN ESKIMO IN HIS KAYAK 42
TRAVELLING IN LABRADOR 49




=LABRADOR=


Is an extensive triangular peninsula on the north-east coast of
British North America, Lat. 50° to 62° N., Lon. 56° to 78° W.; bounded
N. by Hudson's Straits, E. by the Atlantic, S.E. by the Strait of
Belle Isle, separating it from Newfoundland, S. by the Gulf and River
St. Lawrence and Canada, and W. by James' Bay and Hudson's Bay. Its
area is estimated at 420,000 sq. miles. The vast interior, inhabited
by a few wandering Nascopie Indians, is little known; the coast,
mainly but sparsely peopled by Eskimoes, is rugged, bleak and
desolate. Seals abound, and the sea is well stocked with cod and other
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