[Left on Labrador by Charles Asbury Stephens]@TWC D-Link bookLeft on Labrador CHAPTER XII 16/42
Don't you remember it, Wash ?" I did distinctly; and also another, either above or below it on the coast, called Hopedale, colonized by missionaries from South Greenland. "Those Moravians are very good folks, I've heard," Wade said.
"They're a very pious, Christian people.
I have read, too, that they have succeeded in Christianizing many of the coast Esquimaux." "Those Huskies must make queer Christians!" exclaimed Donovan. "How far do you suppose it is out to those towns, Nain, say, from here, for a guess ?" Raed asked a few minutes after. "I was just thinking of that," said Kit.
"Well, I should say four hundred miles." "Not less than six hundred," said Wade. I thought it as likely to be seven or eight hundred. "That would be a good way to travel on foot," muttered Raed reflectively. "Yes, it would," said Kit.
"Still I shouldn't quite despair of doing it if there was no other way out of this." "How long would it take us, do you suppose ?" Raed asked after another pause.
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