THE SECOND VOLUME. VU 



CHAPTER XXIY. —contmited. 



Tributaries below Quebec — The Estuary of the St. Lawrence — 

 Character of the Coast — Gaspe Bay — Gaspe Peninsula — Moimt 

 All'KTt — Prevailing Winds in the Estuary — Utility of the Barometer 

 — Currents at the Entrance of the Gulf — Icebergs — Main Current of 

 the St. LaAvrence — AiFccted by Winds — Ice in the Estuary and 

 Gulf — Importance of Ice-signals — Value of the Thermometer — 

 Temperatiu-e of the Waters of the Estuary and Gulf — Dr. Kelly's 

 Obsei-vations ........ page 50 



CHAPTER XXV. 



THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. 



The Gulf of St. Lawrence — Boundaries — The Bay of Chaleurs — 

 Perce Rock — The Bird Rocks — Kinds of Birds which breed on the 

 Bird Rocks — St. Paul's Island — Dangerous Character of St. Paul's 

 Island and the Bird Rocks — Shij^AXTCcks in the Gulf — The Mag- 

 dalen Islands — Anticosti — Origin of its Name — Its Area — Timber 

 Resom-ces — Rivers — Character of its Shoals — Shipwrecks on the 

 Coast — Wreckers — Soil of the Island — Peat — Trees — Fruit- 

 bearing Shrubs — Peas — Character of the Seasons — Frost — Fogs 

 — Harbours — Fox Bay — Extensive Peat Deposits — Saw Logs — 

 Geological Features of Anticosti — Scenery — Provision Posts — 

 Imjwrtance of Harbours on Anticosti — ■ Value of the Island — Im- 

 portance in relation to the Fisheries of the Gulf — Importance to 

 Canada — The Bay of Chaleurs — Its Importance as a Port for 

 Steamers — Salt and Salines on Anticosti — Importance of Anticosti 

 to Canada .......... 65 



CHAPTER XXVL 



THE VOYAGE TO MINGAN. 



A Gulf Fishing Schooner — Berths — Heads and Points — A bright 

 Day in the Gulf — Beautiful Effects of Mirage in the Estuary 



— Whales — The Sulphur-bottomed Whale — The Gaspe Whale 

 Fishery — The White Whale — Vast Numbers of the White Whale 

 in the St. Lawrence — Esquimaux Mode of cajjturing the White Whale 



— Sharks — Why the Captain was thankful for Sharks — Pickled 



