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Wednesday July 20 Anse au Loup.
Another fine grand day.
At seven we started in the boat [day] to cross
the head of Fortune Bay and then to walk 8 to 9
miles to Anse au Loup. The flies and mosquitoes
did not bother us until we got to Johnson Cove and
they were plentiful on the back part of Long Bay.
Just before we arrived at Point Armon Light
house we passed the home of three Davis brothers.
The original Davis came to this place 96 years ago
and took out a squatters claim. They seem like
doin' well as the house is a large one and all
about it in fine order. The best farming settlement
I any way have seen in Labrador.
Davis evidently thinks little of Dr. Greenfield
doing his work among the Labradorites during the
drouth and talking about them in the winter,
talking of the weather here and the hardships
of the country. Evidently Davis thinks they were I
Southern Labradors and that the natives can
take care of themselves without the aid of the
Doctor minimaris.
Davis also told us that Richardson stayed
with his father in '92 in the same house we were in