210 LABRADOR . The Moravians, whose principal settlement on the coast of Labrador is at Nain, have a ship annually from , which leaves the in May or June, and arrives at Nain in July, from whence it returns in September, laden with a valuable cargo of furs, oils, &c. for . My enquiries respecting these people have not been very successful. They fixed themselves in three different harbours of Labrador , about the middle of the last century: their intercourse with, and settlements at, Greenland, led them to this region. Their habits are simple, and the quiet and unobserved life they lead, is of a nature which leaves to few in , or elsewhere, the knowledge of their existence. Their trade is wholly with the Esquimaux, in the way of bartering coarse cloths, powder, shot, guns, and edge tools, for furs, oils, &c * On the British resorting to Labrador , after it was annexed to Newfoundland , some regulations were made, in order to purchase the lands from the Indians for the King of Great Britain. If such arrangement was entered into, it must have passed- unobserved, and there could be little difficulty in purchasing any right which the miserable Esqui¬ maux would maintain. Of all the tribes which have been discovered on the shores of , the Esquimaux are the most filthy, disgusting, and miserable. They form an exception in their appearance, stature, and manner * I have had no opportunity of seeing the Moravians; and the ahove account was given me by a gentleman at Labrador , connected with the customs.