G8 liOADS AMI RAILWAYS. 



iiiik' iVoiu "Wliitlidunu'. Situated o\i tlu- watci'-slied are tlic 

 Wliite Hill Plains, " Great Baireiis," -where a splendid raneliiiig 

 fountry is reached i'(|ual, as a cattle and sheep-raising district, 

 to the celebrated Foot Hills of the Rocky Mountains in Montana, 

 <ir to Alberta in Canada. (Janie ol all kinds abound here, and 

 deer are especially numerous. Portions of the valley of Kittv's 

 P>rook are well adapted for I'aniiing and pasturage. 



SOIL AND TIMIJKR OF EXPLOITS. 



The great valley of the Exploits, now opened up by the rail- 

 Avay, presents sncli manifold advantages for farming, lumliering 

 anil other industrial pursuits, that it nuist one day become the 

 seat of a large population. \\'ith a s])lendid ri\er, abundant 

 timber and a fertile soil it will not long remain in its present 

 wilderness condition. The Exploits, which is the largest river 

 in Newfoundlaml, rises in the sonth-western angle of the island, 

 and, after a course of 200 miles, falls into the bay of the same 

 name. It drains an area of 4,000 scpiare miles, of which it is 

 calculated that nearly half are reclaimalile and tit for settlement. 

 It Hows through Red Indian Lake thirty-seven miles in length 

 and distant from the mouth of the river between seventy and 

 eighty miles. The lower valley, l)etween the Red Indian Lake 

 and the sea, is capalile of sustaining many thousand inhabitants. 

 In the report of the Geological Survey it is said, '• The soil is 

 ecpial to the best pai'ts of Lower Cana<la ; there is little swamp ; 

 it is unencumbered Avitli boulders, the hills Avooded to their tops ; 

 the root-crojjs grown l)y the few settlers are excellent ; as a graz- 

 ing and stock-raising country it can haidly be surjiassed." " The 

 tind)er is in many places still abundant, consisting of pine, white- 

 birch, very large sjn'Uce an<l tamarack." .... " The liver 

 anil its tributaries afford water-power to any extent." .... 

 " The country .'=outh of Hodge's Hill and on the southern side of 

 the Exploits presents an uidjroken dense forest in a .series of 

 gentle nndulations as far as the eye can I'each. The country 

 between the Victoria and the head of Red Indian Lake is well 

 timbered throughout." " The quality of the 



