EOADS AND ];AILWAVS. Go 



being interspersed Mitli luurcus ami lakrli-ts. (\iiiic-li\-( 'liaiicr 

 valley, 50 miles from WlntlKUirne, is well Avooilid, and eniitain- 

 laud ■\vliicli -when cleared, will U'pay ( ultivation. It holds good, 

 Iiowever, that the fertile belts aw to be fonnd in tin- valleys ot 

 the lar<;er rivers and ahmg the banks of the 2)rinripal lakes. On 

 the ridges and high lands are generally IVuind marshes and 

 •' Ijarrens,'' the latter of wliieh can be ntili/ed lor sheep and 

 cattle raising. 



GKANITE OUAKKIKS. 



At Eandom, sixty-one miles and at the one hnn<lred and forty- 

 third mile from WhitlKmrne, twx) tine granite ipiarries have been 

 opened, the granite of which compares favorably with the best 

 Scotch article. From these ([uarries the contractor obtain> tlie 

 i?tone used in l)nilding ma.-onry, bridges, etc, on tlie railway. 



TO PORT BI.ANDFOKD, CLODE SOUND. 



At Clarenville and Upper Shoal Harbonr villages the line 

 again reaches the salt water. A small steannr plies here for the 

 conveyance of mails and passengers to and lium the neigldiour- 

 ing settlements. To a limited extent the land here has been 

 brought under cnltivation. Opposite Clarenville on Random 

 Island, Trinity Bay, is a lirick-making estalilishment, where 

 brick of a snperior character are made. On Smith Sonnd, a 

 short distance from Slioal Harl)oni-, are slate de])osits where 

 slate of a snperior (jnality is oljtained. At Shoal Harbour is a 

 small saw-mill, the logs for which are brought down the Shoal 

 Harbour river along which the railway passes to C'lode Sound, 

 an arm of Bonavista Bay, ninety-seven nules from Whitljonrne. 

 Here the scenery is very tine. A growing settlement ha< sprung 

 ujj and the land is being rapidly brought under cidtivation. 

 There is here a beautiful sandy l)each where sea-l)athing can be 

 had in perfection. The salt water is also warmer owing to its 

 distance inland. In the near future Port Blamlford, Clode 

 Sonnd, will be a favourite summer watering-])lace. The streams 

 in the vicinity are Avell stocked with salmon and trout, affording 

 to the angler excellent sjiort. There are also some line mussel 



