60 ROADS AXlt RAILWAYS. 



industry. A few of tlif lumlici' mills wciv in L'xistence before 

 tlie railway was l)ui]t, lint now tlu'se have greatly extended their 

 operations. In wintei- evei-ything re(|uired hy the luml)er-canips 

 is brought by rail. If any doubt regarding the quality of this 

 ]>ine is still felt, the jirice which it firings in the English market 

 iurnishes a suttieient answer. Experts from other countries in'O- 

 nouiice it excellent. It will rei(uire many years to exhaust the 

 great forest growths along the (Zander River and Lake, and the 

 Terra Nova, Gambo and Exploits and Humber Valleys. Luml)- 

 ■erers are at work already some sixty miles from the sea-board on 

 behalf of the Botwoodville mills. Pine ti'ces fifty to sixty feet 

 high, and two to three feet in diameter, are commonly met Avith. 

 Vast fo]-est areas ai-e still unt(jU(hed. 



FARMINti FACILITIES. 



The lundierer must precede the farjuer in clearing the soil for 

 ■cultivation. As the forest-growths aie cut down settlers will 

 ■occujiy the land, and homesteads will take the place of the pine- 

 iorests. Facilities for colonizing these wildernesses are now 

 i'urnished by the ii'on road. 



A srORTINfi COrNTKY. 



The sjMjrtsnian will reckon this country a ]pai-adise. Deer are 

 there in abundance. It is re])(iitel that from 500 to 1,000 of 

 these noble animals were slaughtered al)out Gandei Lake when 

 swimming across in Xo\end)er, 1893 — a M'anton and barbarous 

 destruction. The North American hare is found in prodigious 

 numbers and ptarnugan are plentiful. The beaver and other 

 fur-bearing animals, bears and wolves are met Avith. Trout and 

 salmon-fishing in the lakes and I'iveis is excellent. All the 

 materials for attracting settlers and i'or i'urnishing openings for 

 vai'ied industries ai'e to be found iu this country to which the 

 all-couipiering locomotixe has now gi\'en access. 



CHAKACTFR OF THK Il.VILAVAY. 



Before giving an account ot the various stations along the line 

 and the physical featuies of the country whose solitudes are now 

 for the first time invaded, it may be well to say something of the 



