Labradore fishermen have often been known to shoot many of them from their windows. The Moose deer too is an inhabitant of this Country – but only in small numbers about the River Sagunay where the soil is rich woody and marshy[.] As porcupines hares and partridges are found in almost every Country I need hardly say that here likewise they are met with and are the slaves of the natives. Where every other resource fails these alone afford a scanty meal to prolong the Life of the poor Indians.

In the spring and fall the coast swarms with wild fowl and the sea with fish in such variety as would require the knowledge and skill of the naturalist to class and describe. And these are the only seasons in the year in which Life is enjoyed and does not become a burthen to the inhabitants of this unhallowed coast[.]

The winter is long and severe – one would need to have 'Blood like Brandy, the skin of Brass and the Eyes of Glass' not to suffer from the rigour of a Labradore

winter

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