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on the coast wherc the Colliers peoplc had fishcd. 69 We tried to make phonc calls 10
Rigolet to find a boarding house there for me. Ho\\cver. everyone was out at the summcr
stations.
The woman and I decided to Ica\'c open the choice ofstaying in Cartwright or
Rigolel. "Ifl came. I came. Ifnol it was fine:' As it turned out. most ofthe fisherpeople
said it was better to do interviews in the \\;ntcnime, because in the summer people were
too busy making a living. Wimenime was the lime for talk.
The 'orthern Run
I continued on 10 Happy Valley-Goose Bay after the Taverner returned from
Paradise. On the way, we stopped at Rigolet and I ran into onc ofmy university friends.
Jean, a schoolteacher from ewfoundland. She said she would mention to another
university friend and teacher. Marie. that I was on Lhc coast and have her keep an eye out
for me. I stayed overnight in Happy Valley and was lucky enough to cut expenses by
sharing a hotel suite Wilh two tourists from Onlario. The next morning, I wcnt down to
join Ihe IJonav;sUl, a larger vessel wiLh an atmosphere different from thaL orthe Tfll'erne,.
but similar to the coastal boats on which the Colliers pcoplc hud Lmvcllcd.
A fricnd who had come down to see me off was telling mc (l story ora mutual
acquaintance from a coaslal community that I would be visiLing who had killed his
parents and then himself. When he moved away from me for a momenL to recover from
this emotional disclosure. one ofa group ofcrew members who had been watching us
and obviously talking about us. camc over. After learning that 1was travclling alone. he
69 See Figure I. II and Figure 3.
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