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FIG. 19. A Poole brig, possibly the "Carbonear" (belonging to Harrison, Slade & 

 Co.), off Henley Island, Chateau Bay, Strait of Belle Isle, southern Labrador. Ships 

 of this type, about 100 tons, were commonly used in the Newfoundland fishing trade. 

 Drawn in 1857 by William Gosse of Poole (a brother of Philip Henry Gosse) and 

 published in his "Sketches of Newfoundland & Labrador" (Ipswich, about 1858). 

 — Made available by Mr. E. F. J. Mathews, Poole. 



foundland. In the i8th century there was also periodically a very important 

 direct trade between Ireland and Newfoundland (Prowse, 1895, pp. 283, 345) and 

 ballast-transport westward from Ireland occurred frequently (Parkinson, 1948, 

 p. 211). Ballast of the varied content described by Captain Slade from Court 

 Macsherry may therefore very well occasionally have been carried to Newfound- 

 land. 



