COUPER, William. Investigations of a Naturalist, Québec, Morning Chronicle Office, 1868, 30 p. Disponible en ligne : http://books.google.ca/books?id=yCUZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false.
Notes de lecture
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[July 5th 1867] We arrived in the harbour of Kegaska in the forenoon. The latter place has a very good harbor, safe for vessels in all weather. The settlement is situate on the north side, and the inhabitants are principally acadians. A nest of the White Ptarmigan (Lagopus albus,) containing a few eggs, was found at this place. I was informed that iron sand occured at Kegaska; but I did not meet with it. If it has been found in the neighborhood, it is nothing more than the outskirt of the drift, for the extent of the common sand-drift diminishes to the east of this settlement, and it is a fact that the iron sand does not occur on the coast, in places where there is an absence of the common sand.
After passing a few hours at this settlement, we set sail for Kegaska river, at the entrance of which resides Mr. W. S. Forman, who has lived a number of years on the coast.The river enters the sea on the north-west of the harbour. It is narrow at its entrance, and its banks are composed of the same sands found at Natashquan. Mr. Forman owns a pretty schooner, which was moored in the river about a gun-shot from his dwelling. To my enquiry as to what induced him to remain so long with his family on this rocky coast, he answered that, having been at one time a trader, and placing reliance on the honesty of the residents, he gave credit to large amounts, the greater part of which was not then paid, and he found it necessary to remain in order to have an opportunity of collecting it.
