Labrador, the country and the people . days these men, v/hile at their out-side work, venture off on the running ice. Most years,however, the ice is too hard near the shore, and to go offfar from shore, hauling small boats on runners, is restrictedto the hardier and more venturesome. Through the ice ofthe ponds in southern Labrador, good trout fishing can beobtained. May. Navigation as far as the south part of the eastcoast is practicable, though onshore winds will bring thefloe-ice in at any time and block all the harbours and bays.Still, one or two venturesome vessels come down with safetyto
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Labrador, the country and the people . days these men, v/hile at their out-side work, venture off on the running ice. Most years, however, the ice is too hard near the shore, and to go offfar from shore, hauling small boats on runners, is restrictedto the hardier and more venturesome. Through the ice ofthe ponds in southern Labrador, good trout fishing can beobtained. May. Navigation as far as the south part of the eastcoast is practicable, though onshore winds will bring thefloe-ice in at any time and block all the harbours and bays.Still, one or two venturesome vessels come down with safetyto southern Labrador, seldom taking any harm from theice beyond what they are liable to at any time of year.American bankers are baiting in the straits, and Frenchfishermen from Newfoundland arrive on the Treaty Shoreopposite. The first mail steamer visits as far as CapeCharles. The rivers and bays break up. The last of thepeople move out to their summer homes for the fishery.Good trout fishing is to be had in the rivers or in the lakes. THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF LABRADOR 77 through the ice. Sea-birds are nesting all along the coaston the islands and rocks, and foxes have their young.Many people gather the eggs and store them for eating.Traps are all taken in by the first day, as the fur is nowlosing colour and the long ^^king hairs fall. Seals arebeating north; swatching or shooting them from the icepans as they come up to take breath forms a very favouritepastime. Old harps and bedlamer seals are caught onsouthern Labrador in great frame nets. Farther norththe Eskimo are hunting the walrus. The deer are all goingnorth and taking to the hills. The native bears leave theircaves; any white bears that have gone south on the floesbegin to work north again. June. Most of the snow has gone, though in places itremains to the water-level. Ground is still hard frozen, with occasional frosts at night. Arctic ice still besets thecoast. Fishing vessels work down along the straits andthe southern p