Report of the Hudson's Bay Expedition, Under the Command of Lieut. A. R. Gordon, R. N., 1884 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report of the Hudson's Bay Expedition, Under the Command of Lieut. A. R. Gordon, R. N., 1884We remained at N ain during the day and were kindly treated by the mission aries who, besides imparting religious instruction to the natives, carry on an extensive trade with them. They have six stations in all on this coast, of which N ain is the capital. The others are Hopedale, Zoar, Hebron, Okkak and Ramah. During the day I took Observations to ascertain the dip of the magnetic needle and vibrations for horizontal force, but was unable to Obtain eights for the error of the chronometer or variation, owing to the inclemency. Of the weather.During the voyage from the Gulf Of St. Lawrence to this place we met With a great number of icebergs, both in the Straits of Belle Isle, and Off the Labrador coast, north of it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.