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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PAGE "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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