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nnmerous sti'L'anis ami rivers. A iDug low toiiyiu- (if laml luii^ 

 out at tlu' south >iiK' of I lie head ol' lliu liay, foriiiiuL;- an cmiIKmiI 

 liarbour. No-w tliat it is iimii1<m'(m1 aicc^>ilili' hy a i-ailway, IIumt 

 can be no lion) )1 thai the rc^^ioii anuiinl this l)ay is ilc-liinMl, iu 

 the near I'litmc, lo Ihtohu. the sral of a largx' a^nriiaillurah min- 

 ing and liuiiln'riiii;' popuhitioii. When \vc lake into arcoiuit the- 

 oxtensive li'acts of fiTtih- lamls aionml the shores, tln' (|iianlity 

 and exeellenee of the timhei', tlie minerals and coal-lieils. indi- 

 cations of wliirli are aliundanl, and add to this the sujierior 

 climate it enjoys, it .-eems e\ciy way likelv it will yet heeome 

 the garden of Newfoundland. Towns and \illai;es \\ ill yet dot 

 its shores, and a ]iro>|iei'ous ]io]iulation will oeia!]iy its vallov.-i 

 and liills. Tlioe are not tln' \isious of an enthusiast, Imt views- 

 which rest on an ai'ray of sober facts. 



After ri'Jieated .--Ul-Veys, the (leoloeiral lieports stale the extent 

 of land available for settlement at oliO s([uai-e miles. The smith 

 side of 8t. George's l-iay was, in JSSo, laid out in ten lowiishijis 

 containing 340 s(|uare miles, of which it was calculate<l I'llO wei'e 

 capable of a high degice of culti\'ation. The geological forma- 

 tion is cliielly carlionifei'ons, which really means that the soil is 

 of the besi iu the c(iuutry. The same formation in ( 'anada 

 affords the nRi>t \abiable agriculluial land. The soil is so good, 

 t<ay.s the rejiort, that the settlers ha\'e, iu some cases, worked the 

 same ground for twenty years iu succession without the use f)f 

 manure. The district is well Avatered. The rivers ( 'rabl), I'^ishebs, 

 Barachois, IJobinsonV, and Flat liay all How west from the Long 

 Range Mountains into St. George's Bay. Though shallo\\- they 

 are smooth-Howiug exce])t at the heads, and are Avell stocked with 

 fish. They all run through excellent land which is co\i-i'ed with 

 large timber, principally birch, spruce, tii' ami ])oplar. Grabb's 

 River region is especially gooil. it is the northern boundiary of 

 a settlement of Gape Breton Scotchnu-n who ]ia\-e enngrated to 

 the coast between it and the Anguille Range of mountains dm ing 

 the last i.") year>. These Scotch ]H'o]ile are vei'V thrift\-, and 

 luive here car\"ed (ait comhirtable homes for themselves. Tlu'V 

 have looms, and \\ea\'e I'rom wnol of their oA\'n yrowiuL;' all the" 



