New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1925, Page 27

JACK LANE'S BAY REAL PARADISE Explorer Describes Little Known Place in Labrador (By Dr. Wulter N, Koelz) (Note: Dr, Walter N, Koelz, na- turallst with the MacMillan Arctic Expedition under the auspices of the National Gecgraphle society, and who made a 40-mile trip in an open power boat between Bromfield and Hopedale, Labrador, sends the | tollowIng report of his natural his- tory observations in Jack Lane's| bay, one of the lttle visited nature paradises along the northern Labra- dor coast, Ly radio to the National Geographic society.) Washington, D. €., Oct, 30-—Jack Lane's bay is within a few hundred ! miles of the tree limit., Here may ) already be viewed the operation of ! those forces which arrest the growth | of trecs fn the north. The com- monest trees along the shore, are the white and bluck spruce, with a few tamaracks and an occasional balsani, The white spruce seems to bo the hardiest of the group and few there are that do not show aars won in the war for existence with that great enemy of the north- o tree, the wind. “Where 1t grows in exposed aft- vations, the limbs to the north, the direction of the prevailing winds, have been stunted or killed, and, in oits mutilated state, the white spruce thus stands as a lUving compass Many a trapper avails himself of its direction. Where the tres has | pushed its way to the ocean's edge it exists only as a gnarled and de- formed shrub, sending out perhaps one horizontal branch where some projecting crag has offcred shelter and developing, in 50 years of life, a trunk that would not serve for a | proom handle, | “In the bays, growth f{s moro rapid, Many a tree can be seen, the | trunk of which a man cannot en- compass with his arms, but such putriarchs, as the annular rings of the stumps show, tood hefore Pilgrims landed in M “The presence of trees adds many new animals to the Arclic fauna and many of the birds and animals which we know at home penetrate to the outposts of the timber line, Our robin s almost as common here on the crowberry and hlye- berry barrens as he is In the American cherry tree. The little Labrador vale, a cousin of our mea- dow vale, or meadow mouse, {s the commonest animal of the region and serves as food for the foxes and birds ot prey which assemble in numbers to the feast which nature has provided. The foxes, of which there are two specles, the white and the red, the latter showlng up in all its phases from red to silver and black, are the commonest of the furbearing animals. “One of the interesting birds of husetts, | fowl now is the big Canada goosc | his southern journey, on the crow- | by means of a noose on the end of the | | B Millicent in Title Suit Countess Salm von Hoogstratten, formerly Milllcent Rogers, shown leaving the Brooklyn supreme court after appearing In the $6,000 sult brought against her for services rendered in obtaining permission from the Austrlan government for the use of her title. Out today the region fs the hawk ow!, which appears quite commonly at this sea- son. The bird has the structure of an owl except that its tail is hawk- like and it hunts by day. About a dozen specles of land birds are resi- dent, These birds, which here brave the Arctic winter, all show peculiarities which distingulsh them from thelr relatives in other parts of the continent, and few museums have good series of specimens of these races. “A few specimens were obtalned of the ladder-backed woodpecker which is one of the rarest birds in American collections, The bird, un- lke his cousins, has only three toes and fustead of the conventional red crest which our woodpeckers dis- port, has a bright yellow dab, “Game birds abound. In the wa- | tar there are several specles of ducks. The most interesting water which feeds, before undertaking berries and becomes exceedingly fat. There are on land two species of grouse, the willow ptarmigan | and the spruce grouse, The latter fs the well known ‘fool hen! which is 5o tame that it is often captured a stick. This spruce hen feeds on pnie ncedles which sometimes NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 10" .A Tlia interior of l‘hc country with “‘-i RABB”US FUR POPULAR bodles of | form the only {tem in its dlet, little later, the rock ptarmigan ar. rives from the north and then the grouse are sald often to cover the ground along the bay shores and, when shot at, to fly ahead only a few yards before eettling. “The fishing season is now over and the capture of seals and whales begins. These are caught in large nets made of rope and con« stitute an important {tem in the revenue and of domestic economy. The skins and oil are eold and the fl sustaing men and dogs. “The couniry supports several specles of frults. The cloudberry or bake apple, the blueberry,, the crowberry, and the bearberry are the commonest, and all are gather- ed for food. The two latter are gathered very late and are stored fresh. They are thawed out for the table from tlme to time during the | winter, eral plants furnish beverages to the natives. The black spruce puw ‘pamaiq Anusnbagy eaw sIpasu of course there is the Labrador tea, which also grows in American swamps and gets its name at home | myriads of lakes offers spectal al lurement to the angler mon, Waters a mile termed ponds and are across are not even | dignified with & name, though they may abound with trout, What the lakes may contain, no one knows and much ot Labrador is still terra incognita to the naturalist.” Cow Refuses to Stay Sold, Returns to Stall Cold Ash, England, Oct, 80 (®)— As dogs are known to have returned to their master atter long spells of enforced absence, so did "Bossy," one of the best cows on any farm in this sectlon return to her old stall after being sold to a far-away nelghbor. Her owner drove “Bossy” to mar- ket and disposed of her to a farmer |12 miles away. The buyer took her home. But when milking time came next morning, “Bossy” was back back home in Cold Ash, a little tired |from her long walk, but seemingly | happy, In & bovine sort of way. Former Post s Now a Source ot | Profit Due to Changing of Wo- | men's Modes, Wellington, New Zealand, Oct, 30 (A—Modern woman's fondness for | turs is enabling this country to turn | | its rabbit pest into a source of pro- | fit. For many years multitudes of rab- bits were slaughtered merely to keep them from destroying the| crops. With the discovery, however ! that the rabbit's coat could be dyed | and made to look llke a more ex- pensive fur, he became an asset in. stead of a lability. Last year 18,500,000 rabbit ekins | [ were exported from New Zealand to | the United States and England, | | These skins were valued at upwards of $4,000,000, Rabbit trapping has now become a well established and remunerative business. 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