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valley are ol" tliis tuADuvalile cliaiacter ; wliile I liave little liesi- 

 tatinii in saying tliat lialf tlic remainder would eomparo favour- 

 ably willi nio^t ol' tlie land eleareil and eultivated on the eastern 

 sealioard.'' "In jioint of scenic lieauty, however, tlie views on 

 the Lower Hunil)er and along the (4rand Lake are mucli to ho 

 ])reterred" (to the Deer Lake <listrict.) "especially those chainiing 



. cascades, of which there are |)rol)al)Iy a hundred or more around 

 the shores of Grand Lake and on the (^reat Island. The beauty 

 and variety oi' the scenery alone is likely to attract many tourists 

 to this region in the near futui'e, so soon as better facilities for 

 reaching it than those at present existing are att'orded." 

 COURSK or THK HUMUKll. 

 The River Humber is al)out one hundred and fourteen miles 

 in length, and falls into Humber Sound, an arm of the Bay of 

 Islands. The liay is sjiacious and easy of access, its length being 

 al)out fifteen miles. The scenery liere is the most magnificent 

 in tile island, ^riie arm known as the Humber Sound extends 

 fidui llie soutli-eastern partof the bay twenty-eight miles easterly 

 into the country, with a width of more than two miles. The 

 Blomidon Hills, from 1,000 to 2,000 feet high, rise to the south 



..of the Sound. The Humber River, just before falling into the 

 Sound, passes through a narrow gorge nearly three miles in 

 length, having on each side lofty crags ■which in some places 

 shoot up perjicndicularly from the water's edge to the height of 

 a thousand feet. In Mowing through this gorge the river is in 

 some jdaces pent u]) to a chain in width, the current being deep 

 and strong. Three miles from the mouth of the river a sliglit 

 rapid is met, Mhich is easily passed at high spring-tides. Aljove 

 this rajjid the Humber opens out wide, flowing through the 

 beautiful pictures(pic valley till Deer Lake is reached, twenty 

 miles from the mouth oi the river. All round this lake is an 

 expanse of fine country, extending in one direction for several 

 miles. 



A SOLITARY PIONKKR. 



A single settler is the sole occupant — Mr. (tco. Nicholls — who 

 came here many years ago irom Cape Breton. He has now a fine 



