Raed wanted to see what sort of a country it was, with a view to our attempt at going down to Nain in case "The Curlew" should not come back.

They did not get back till nine in the evening.

They had found the hills and mountains along the coast to be mere barren ridges of lichen-clad rock, with moss-beds in the hollows.

But from the summit of the high ridge, about two miles in from the shore, they had seen with the glass, to the southward, what seemed to be low thickets of stunted evergreen,--fir or spruce.

From this Raed argued that fuel might be obtained by a party travelling through the country; and, from that, went on to picture these thickets to abound with deer and hares..