76 THE LABRADOE PENINSULA. chap. xxv. 



half high. I observed frost only once — it was on 

 September 18, but not sufficiently severe to do injury to 

 growing crops ; and I was informed by Mr. July an tliat 

 the lowest temperature of the previous winter was only 

 seven degrees of Fahrenheit below zero. On the coast, 

 as might be expected, the atmosphere is damper, and 

 the temperature from ten to fifteen degrees below tliat 

 of the interior, during June, July, August, and September, 

 and probably May and October. 



' During the three months of my stay on the island, fogs 

 prevailed for ten days (five of which were July 31, and 

 the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th of August), while we were at 

 South-west Point ; Mr. Pope told me it was an unusual 

 occurrence. Frequent openings in the fog, seen towards 

 the land, led to the idea that it was less dense m the 

 interior. 



' Some cattle at South-west Point, belonging to Mr. 

 Pope and Mr. Corbet, appeared to be in good condition, 

 although they had been left to provide for themselves in 

 the wood openings or along the shore. 



'Haeboues. — Gamache or Elhs Bay, and Fox Bay, 

 are the only two liarbours on the island that are com- 

 paratively safe in all winds. The former is eight miles 

 and a half from West-end lighthouse, on the south side ; 

 the latter is fifteen miles from Heath Point liHit- 



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house, on the north side. From Cape Eagle to Cape 

 Hemy, across the mouth of Gamache Bay, the distance 

 is two miles, with a breadth of deep water of three 

 quarters of a mile, extending up the bay a mile and a 

 half, while the depth of the indentation is two miles 

 and a half Fox Bay is smaller, and has less depth of 



