Le Petit Nord, or, Annals of a Labrador harbour . k of the house and garden on their shoul-ders, I cannot wonder that their motto is peaceat any price. Spirits might be called the outstanding fea-ture of our harbour, for the Piquenais rocks atthe very entrance are the abode of another fa-miliar revenant. The Prophet assures me thatthirty years ago a vessel and crew were wreckedthere, and on every succeeding stormy eveningsince that day, the captain, with creditable per-severance, waves his light on that wind- andsurf-swept rock. In this instance the propheticalauthority is in dispute, for ther
Le Petit Nord, or, Annals of a Labrador harbour . k of the house and garden on their shoul-ders, I cannot wonder that their motto is peaceat any price. Spirits might be called the outstanding fea-ture of our harbour, for the Piquenais rocks atthe very entrance are the abode of another fa-miliar revenant. The Prophet assures me thatthirty years ago a vessel and crew were wreckedthere, and on every succeeding stormy eveningsince that day, the captain, with creditable per-severance, waves his light on that wind- andsurf-swept rock. In this instance the propheticalauthority is in dispute, for there are those whoassert that the light is shown by fairies to tollboats to their doom on the foggy point. Themore scientifically minded explain the mysteri-ous light as a defunct animal giving out gas. Itmust be a persistent gas which can retain itseflBcacy for thirty long and adventurous years.[ 99 1 LE PETIT NORD In the course of these researches several in-teresting points of natural history and sciencehave been elucidated. Doubtless you do not. know that all cats are related to the devil, but you can readily see the brimstone in their fur if you have the temerity to rub them on a dusky [ 100 ] ANNALS OF A LABRADOR HARBOUR evening. Neither has it come to your attentionthat under no consideration must you allow thewater in which potatoes have been washed torun over your hands. In the latter event, wartsinnumerable will result. Our cook has just come in with the news thatsupper is not to be forthcoming. Senath wasleft in charge while Tryphena went on an errandfor me. Left-over salad was to have formed thebasis of the evening meal, but the said basis hasnow disintegrated, Senath having placed thedish in a superheated oven. The nature of theresultant object is indeterminate, but uneat-able. I solace myself that sanctified starva-tion will be beneficial to my fine and heartyfigure. We have suffered again with the dogs. One ofthe childrens birthdays fell on Saturday, andwe decided t
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