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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 464

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men of Labradorhave to rely. TheEskimo dogs, withthe equally savagemosquitos, make lifeashore a burdenduring summer inLabrador. A stickto beat off the dogsand a veil as a pro-tection against themosquitos are ab-solutely necessary.It is a curious factthat the furthernorth you go themore pestiferous… … SEALING IN LABRADOR. meanscod-fish, whichare to thosenortherncountries whatcotton is to theSouth. All otherfish, except salmon, they despise, for fishis money. With it they buy their clothes,their flour, tea, bread (hard sea-biscuit),and, above all, their long sweetness (mo-lasses), which are about…

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