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growth of piue trees is only met with on the 

 high "barrens" of Newfoundland, and then only 

 in comparatively narrow belts, but getting 

 through even a few hundred yards of it tires 

 one out. 



Late in the afternoon we approached a 

 beautiful lake about tliree miles long by two 

 in breadth, lying just under the mountain 

 range tow^ards w^hich Ave had been directing 

 our course. I ascertained afterwards from 

 Mr. Howley that he did not know of the 

 existence of this little lake, so it is quite 

 possible that my two companions and myself 

 were the only white men who had ever visited it. 



The ease with which one can discover new 

 lakes in Newfoundland is one of the delights 

 of travel in that country. Much of the interior 

 of the island is yet unmapped, and as the whole 

 country is full of " ponds " (as the lakes of all sizes 

 are locally called) anyone who is enterprising- 

 enough to go off the beaten track after caribou 

 will at once become an explorer in a small way. 



As we approached the lake we saw six herds 

 of caribou feeding on an open grassy plain which 



