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 titlier side (;iiul it }iii>!iaM\ i> iinuli more), tliciv would l.c uii 

 area of reclainiaLlc counlry of -280 square miles, or 179,200 

 acres." The report ai Ms : "At tlie iiioiitli of the river the re- 

 claimahle laud extends In the unrtlnvard for almiit five iiiih-s, 

 terunuatiu<T Avitli the northern arm; and there are large tracts 

 aljout Xorris'.s Arm and in tin- valley of the Great Eattling 

 Brook which are ca]>alile of cullivatiou. The fertility of the 

 soil at this part of the region is amjily testifietl wherever culti- 

 vation has heeu attenqited. ]irniluring roots, potatoes, grass and 

 other crop.s of the tine.-t de.-rriptinu ; while as a grazing or stock- 

 raising country it can liaidly tie .-nrpassed. The surface soil is 

 generally of sand or sandy loam, which at the upjjer end of the 

 Aiilley is underlaid hy a di-ift of day and gravel, while at the 

 lower parts the subsoil is tenaiious, Iduish, or diah-coloured clay 

 Avhicli is occasionally slightly calcareous." . . . " Xo ohser- 

 vaut jierson A'isiting the valley of tde Exploits could fail to he 

 impressed with the manifohl advantages it presents for the jn'ose- 

 cution of industrial i)Uisnits, such as lumbering and agriculture. 

 With a sjilendid ri\ei', almudaul timber and a fertile soil, the 

 region that is now a w ilderne>s might, by energy and enterprise, 

 be soon converted inln a tliriving settlement, maintaining a large 

 population." 



UPi'Ki: i:xri.<)iT.s' ^'^\XLEY. 



Above Red Indian Lake the river is divided into two Ijranches 

 — the main river, or Exjiloits 2)roper, and the Victoria branch. 

 The former rises not more than twelve miles from the sea-coast, 

 Hows through. George TV. Lake and several smaller ponds. From 

 this lake the course of the river is remarkably straight, in a 

 north-easterly direction, till it joins the Red Indian Lake at the 

 end of upwards of forty miles. The Red Indian Lake is four 

 hundred and sixty-eight feet aliove the level of the sea. The 

 Victoria branch of the Exploits takes its origin between the 

 AVhite Bear and Grandy"s Brook waters, which interlock each 

 other, and the eastern bi;-,nch of the La Poile, and it flows gene- 

 rally nearly parallel Avith the main river to its junction with the 

 Red Indian Lake, about four miles above the inlet. South-west 



