Labrador, the country and the people . strayingnever presented any serious trouble. More serious at first BEINBEEE FOR LABRADOR 265 were two successive glitters, or sharp thaws followed byfrost, which covered the snow with a hard ice coat and madeit difficult for the deer to dig down to their food. In spite,however, of all difficulties and the long voyage, theysteadily gained in weight, and so far as we can tell, notone of the pregnant does lost her fawn. On the following pages is the expense account of theenterprise: — 266 LABRADOR FRANCIS H. WOOD IN ACCOUNT To Cash per Mr. Peters £1,570 2 7
Labrador, the country and the people . strayingnever presented any serious trouble. More serious at first BEINBEEE FOR LABRADOR 265 were two successive glitters, or sharp thaws followed byfrost, which covered the snow with a hard ice coat and madeit difficult for the deer to dig down to their food. In spite,however, of all difficulties and the long voyage, theysteadily gained in weight, and so far as we can tell, notone of the pregnant does lost her fawn. On the following pages is the expense account of theenterprise: — 266 LABRADOR FRANCIS H. WOOD IN ACCOUNT To Cash per Mr. Peters £1,570 2 7 Mr. Reed, of Boston 1,312 4 11 Miss Brodribb 20 0 0 Sundry Contributions per Toilers of the Deep . 3 11 6 Interest on Deposit ....... 9 13 9 Cash Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company, sale of 50 deer 513 19 2 Cash Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company, sale of 4 dogs 5 10 0 Cash Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company, re-payment advance of wages to Lapp FamiUes . 32 17 6 Rebate on Insurance (see contra) 76 19 0 £3,544 18 5. REINDEER FOR LABRADOR 267 WITH REINDEER FUND PURCHASE ACCOUNT By Cost of 300 Reindeer, asper contract with IsraelMella . . Kr. 9,375 Cost of moss, as per con-tract . . Kr. 6,000 Cost of 8 Lapp dogs forherding deer, as percontract . . Kr. 200 Allowance for providingyard at Bugten andherding deer betweenNovember 25th and30th, as per contract . Kr. 500 ** Payment to Agent for as-sistance in making con-tract and superintend-ing shipment, etc. Kr. 1,800 Kr. 17,875 = F. H. Woods travelling expenses toNorway to purchase deer, etc. SHIPMENT AND EMBARKATION EXPENSES By cost of feeding deer from November30th to December 12th while wait-ing for ship, extra for fittings, andsundry expenses connected with em-barkation, telegrams, and postages . Payment to owners of Anita forfreight ...... Present of 2/- a head to Captain foreach deer landed alive Cost of insuring deer against all risksat £8 per cent less rebate of 54/-per cent if no claim arose (see cordra) DISBU
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