CHAPTER XVII.

WE APPEAL FOR CANADIAN SYMPATHY 202

APPENDICES.

_A._ SOME MEDICAL STATISTICS 213

_B._ SPIRITUAL AGENCIES IN LABRADOR 218

_C._ TESTIMONIES TO THE WORK 221

_D._ POVERTY OF THE PEOPLE 235

_E._ THE FISHING SCHOONERS 238

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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S.S. _PRINCESS MAY_ _Frontispiece_

ENTRANCE TO ST. JOHNS HARBOUR 5

A SHOAL OF CAPLIN JUMPING OUT ON TO THE BEACH 10

ICEBERG IN AUGUST OFF TUB HARBOUR 17

MY FIRST CARIBOU AND GUIDE 21

ESKIMO BOYS 28

A BEAVER 33

THE ALBERT IN BATEAUX HARBOUR 45

HUDSON BAY COMPANY’S POST AT RIGOLETTE 50

FIELDS OF FISH DRYING IN THE HARBOUR 53

BOAT RETURNING FROM THE TRAP 66

SNUG HARBOUR 69

CARTWRIGHT STAFF 76

A VISIT FROM ESKIMO 85

MORAVIAN STATION, HOPEDALE 89

THE _PRINCESS MAY_ IN HAMILTON INLET 102

INTERIOR OF MALE WARD, INDIAN HARBOUR 105

A NEWFOUNDLANDER’S HUT, LABRADOR 114

INTERIOR OF INDIAN HARBOUR HOSPITAL 117

THE S.S. _PRINCESS MAY_ IN MERCHANTMAN HARBOUR 131

AN ESKIMO FAMILY, HOPEDALE 137

TEAM OF DOGS IN HARNESS 143

ESKIMO FAMILY 151

THE S.S. _SIR DONALD_ 157

ESKIMO ON AN ISLAND NEAR OKKAK 165

ESKIMO IN REINDEER TENT, OKKAK 174

TAKEN FROM AN ESKIMO GRAVE AT LONG ISLAND 181

ESKIMO BRASS BAND 205

VIKINGS OF TO-DAY