Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel . ple. They seem to have deserved thename ; for the first men who landed from the missionships were killed. Doctor Huttons first impression of the land was adispiriting one. There was a chilling mist on the water,and through it he could dimly see a dull and sullencoast-line, and hear the ponderous thud of the sea as itbeat upon the rocky wall. And when he went ashoreand saw the stunted brushwood and the dwarfed andtwisted trees all dripping with moisture, and met thehulking sledge-dogs, bedraggled and forlorn, wanderingin aimless fashion among the
Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel . ple. They seem to have deserved thename ; for the first men who landed from the missionships were killed. Doctor Huttons first impression of the land was adispiriting one. There was a chilling mist on the water,and through it he could dimly see a dull and sullencoast-line, and hear the ponderous thud of the sea as itbeat upon the rocky wall. And when he went ashoreand saw the stunted brushwood and the dwarfed andtwisted trees all dripping with moisture, and met thehulking sledge-dogs, bedraggled and forlorn, wanderingin aimless fashion among the huts, the idea of desola-tion was complete. But the next day brought a differentpicture. The summer sun shone brightly on the moss-grown huts that strewed the hill-side; brisk, black-haired little people were running to and fro, bustlingto help at the unloading of the ship ; there was an airof life and brightness about the scene. He caughtsome of the glamour of Labrador; he saw somethingof the ch^rm of this lonely land, a charm that in som^ 37.
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