Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-24

conducted to them by an old Indian named who being an 1roquo1s | did not share the superstitous belief of the | Montagnais and Nascapees. Messrs- Holme 1 end Duff were principally misled by the | erroneous statements and calculations as to | distances contained in Professor H1nd's | 6 Labrador D the leading authority upon this | virtually unknown country. The falls are into Hamilton Inlet. They are 5O miles | above Lake Waminikpou, body of water l which is itself 40 miles long and situated l 150 miles inland from the mouth of the river. Professor Hind gives this lake as only 100 miles from the mouth of the river, so that the expedition of Messrs. Hoime and Duff has brought to light the fact that the best works heretofore published upon this terra incognito contain anything but reliable data. They agree however with Professor Hind that the elevation of the immense table land which forms the interior Of Labrador is about 2,240 feet On this height of land are 8 succession of great lakes, joined by broad placid streams and when these reach the edge of the table land they commence their Wild career to the sea. The Noieie and Coldwater rivers descnd by successive falls but toward the southeast the descent from the elevated table land is quite sudden. This is particularly true of the Grand river which has drop of over 2,000 feet in the 30 miles, commencing with the falls and end- ing at Lake Waminikapou! There is slight rapid below the falls but none near the lake and everything goes to show that the height of the grand falls is very little if anything short of POGO feet. They are by 8 great composed of any great volumn of water. There are mere mountain torrents that fall from greater height and the great fall of the Yosemite Valley measures 2, $50 feet but it is broken into three distinct leaps. Nis- gara has height of 164 feet only.
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