h this dog during the remainder of the hunt. He
had previously shown much affection for Jim; but after the chase and the
chastisement which he received he was certainly doubly affectionate
towards his master. He had always hunted faithfully for us, but during
the balance of the day he seemed to be more than usually active, and
found many birds by the roadside.

THE GRAND FALLS OF LABRADOR.

HENRY G. BRYANT.

[The discovery of America has not yet been completed. Certainly
that of its Canadian section has not been. There are wide
districts of that great area on which human foot has never been
set, and as late as 1895 we were advised of the discovery of a
great river, with its head-waters near those of the Ottawa, but
previously unsuspected. Labrador has been but little traversed,
and the Grand Falls had only been seen by two white men
previously to Mr. Bryant's visit in the summer of 1891. What we
know of it, and of the course of the Grand, or Hamilton River,
we owe chiefly to him, since the only earlier account is the
imperfect one given by John McLean, describing his visit in
1839. The enterprise was not an easy one, as will appear from
the description of the hardships of the journey. The party
consisted of Mr. Bryant, of Philadelphia, Professor Kenaston, of
Washington, John Montague, a young Scotchman, and Geoffrey Ban,
an Eskimo, the last two hailing from Labrador. These four had to
drag a heavy boat against a swift current for many miles up the
stream, in the manner described below.]

The usual method employed was what is technically known as "tracking."
That is, a strong rope, about the thickness of a clothes-line, was tied
to the gunwale of the boat just aft of the bow. To the shore end of this
broad leather straps were attached. With these across their shoulders,
three of the party tugged away along the rocky bank, while number
four of our crew, with an oar lashed in the stern, steered a devious
course among the rocks and shallows of the river. The "tow-path"
in this instance was of the roughest and most diversified character.
Sandy terraces and extended reaches covered with glacial boulders
characterized the lower portion of the river, while farther up-stream
great numbers of smaller boulders, insecurely lodged on the precipitous
sandy banks, would baffle us by the precarious footing they afforded.
Where a combi