102 Aia'Jcrr.TI-llAL KESOl-JtCKS, 



lieeu f^ui'wveil and i> lint ]i;ii-tially known. .Indi^iiii^- liy the re- 

 ports of those wlio ivsidc in tliis lijiy, there is aronnd its shores 

 .;l vei'V eonsi(k^ralih' extent of tfood hind, giving excelkait crops 

 wlien riiltivrtted, and a still larger area suitahle for grazing pur- 

 poses. The herring tishcrx of Boinu- Bay has long been cele- 

 brated, the (quality of llic hen-ing taken here, as A\(dl as in tlie 

 Bay of Islands, being (■(|ual to thr liest Labrador ailicle. 



NOHTHKKN I'KXIXSULA. 



In regard to the liay> fnrther north little is known ; bnt casual 

 visitors concur in declaring that at the heads of nearly all these 

 north-westein and nortlu'rii b,iys theiv are laigv stretches of good 

 land: so that farming could be conibim'd with fishing, by sett- 

 lers, with great adxantage. 



XtRKAT PLAIN ACROSS THK ISLAND— HU^niKR AALLKY TO 

 HALL'S BAY. 



From the Hundjer district to Hall's Bay, an arm of Notre 

 Dame Bay, on the northeastern coast, a level plain extends across 

 the island, the greatest height of land betMeen these two points 

 not exceeding 200 feet. From Humber Sound to HallV Bay the 

 .distance is 100 miles. In this jdain the land is in many places 

 excellent and of considerable extent, the tind)er abundant and 

 ^jf large size, and the mineral indications at several points of a 

 very promising character. At one time it was designed to cou- 

 struct a common road along this plain, and a survey Avas made 

 in 1878, but the project was not carried out. The surveyor's re- 

 port furnislietl full information regarding tlie soil, timber, mine- 

 rals and other features of this great jdain, from which it appeared 

 that from 5,000 to 8,000 jjcople could settle here with every 

 prospect of making comfortable homes for themselves, as farmers, 

 1uml)ernuii or niiiu-i's. Ere long, it may be safely athrnied, a 

 liran(di line of railway will connect this region with the grand 

 ti'mdc line, and so op'.'U U]> the great plain for settlement. A 

 jdiain of small lakes with rivers flowing from them, extends 

 from Hall's Bav to the shores of Grand Lake, with onlv one 



HJi-taLTc a mile in width. From (irand Lake the route lies 



