CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. Tack 



The Aborigines ; The Xortliiiieii : Tlie Coining of the Wliite men : Tlie 

 tirst lisliernien : Sir Hiuii]ilirey (iilliert ; TheFreneli in Newfoinni- 

 land ; Historic Misfortunes ; I'njnsl L;nvs ; Dawn of better days . 7 



CHAPTER II. 



PHYSIOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE 

 ISLAND. 



Geograiiliieal ]>osition ; Its niountain-ranges, rivers, lakes, etc. : Geo- 

 logy ; Climate ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 



CHAPTER HI. 



ROADS AND RAIL\A^AYS. 



First roads ; Beginning of Railway construction ; Railway to Harlioiir 

 Grace ami Placentia ; The Great Northern and Western Railway 

 — its rotite, character of the country traversed ; resources to be 

 developed ; land, minerals, tindjer ... ... ... 4-3- 



CHAPTER IV. 



AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND FOREST 

 WEALTH. 



Western Newfoundland ; Fertile Valleys ; Coal Fields ; Mineral De- 

 postts ; Exploits, Gander and Gambo Valleys ; Value of Agricul- 

 tural Products ; Prospects of Cattle and Sheep Puaising ; Forests . 89 



CHAPTER V. 



MINERAL RESOURCES. 



Eise and Progress of Mining Industry ; Copper Miues ; Gyjisum and 

 Marble ; Iron Pyrites at Pilley's Island ; Discovery of Asbestos ; 

 Coal Areas ... ... ... ... ... ... 12-3 



