. Christian herald. I LABEADOR SNOWHOUSE ANDKOMMATIK n. |HE short season, whichaffords direct connectionby a fortnightly mail-boat with Newfoundland,drawing rapidly to an later and our coast11 be entirely deserted by allreign vessels leaving us toirselves till the beginning ofily next year, when navigationn set in- agam. From De:em-;r to June, a broad belt of iceluts us off from any connec-on by sea with the outsideorld. Two or three timesithin this long period a mailedge, drawn by Eskimo dogs,rings a welcome break into theconotony of our winter Eskimos are used to thismely
. Christian herald. I LABEADOR SNOWHOUSE ANDKOMMATIK n. |HE short season, whichaffords direct connectionby a fortnightly mail-boat with Newfoundland,drawing rapidly to an later and our coast11 be entirely deserted by allreign vessels leaving us toirselves till the beginning ofily next year, when navigationn set in- agam. From De:em-;r to June, a broad belt of iceluts us off from any connec-on by sea with the outsideorld. Two or three timesithin this long period a mailedge, drawn by Eskimo dogs,rings a welcome break into theconotony of our winter Eskimos are used to thismely life and think nothing of; but at the same time theyke an interruption. Festivalays, for instance, are greatlynjoyed, and, above all, Christ-las is the feast of joy to oldnd young. None of them wouldke to spend this time awayrom the station, and even are not residents of the mis-ion but have their houses alongne or the other of the manyeep inlets twenty to forty ailes distant, make an effort to come and keep Christmas with us, if weatherind i
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