<64 ROADS AND RAILWAYS. 



.and claiu-l)eils ; and if tlie exporiiiient were tried it is iirobable 

 that oysters miglit liere l)e successfully raised. At Port Blaud- 

 ford fogs are of rare occurrence, and irom this point to Cape Ray 



:are practicallv unknown. 



At Terra Nova river, tlie next station, there is a fine saw-mill, 



.ir.vned liv tlie ('aniphell Luml)er (Jonqmiy, with the most ap- 

 ]>rovi'd macliiiicry. in adive operation. The country around is 

 well stocked with game of various kimls ; multitudes of wild 

 geese visit this place each spi-jng. The extent of the Sound is 

 live mile.s in h-ngtli l)y two miles in hreaillh. 



GAMBO KIVElt. 



Tlie fine (Jamho River is ci'osscd liy a steel ))ridge eighty yards 

 long, with piers of solid masonry. Both River and Lake are well 

 tilled with trout and salmon, and tlie surroiniding country 

 altonnds in <leer and other game. Some gooil land is ionnd at 

 >( Jandio, hut as yet little is done in reclaiming it. A luunlsome 

 hotel is in course of erection at this lieautiful spot for tlie accom- 

 modation of visitors, tourists ami sportsmen. 



Fnmi Gamlio to Benton, on Souli's Brook, a tril)Utary of the 

 ■Gander, the line passes through a country over which forest 

 jires swept a nuniher of years ago, Imrniiig vast ([uantities of 

 splendid jiine tive>. At Benton anotlier large saw-mill, having 

 the best machinery, is in o])erati(ni. Here, too, is another granite 

 ,(|uarry, both being operated liy Mr. Reid. 



OANI>ER COUNTRY. 



Tlie railway crosses the Gander River at Gleiiwooil about five 

 miles below the point where it issues from the lake of the same 

 name. The advent of the locomotive into this great valley will 



."•oiistitute an era in the colonization of the island. Here, when 

 settled and rultivateil, will l)e one of the finest agricidtural 

 regions of Xewfoundland. Hardly anything was known of thiss 

 region till L'^74, when the Geological Survey was extended to the 

 iip])('r learhes of the ri\-ei' and was completed two years later. 

 The total length of the main I'iver is one huiulred miles ; and 



.another branch of it, called the South-west River, also empties 



