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consist of 2)iue ami sjnuce of a sui>erior size and description * * 

 Witli the almost ;iniivaled ca])aliilities tlie country possesses for 

 grass growing, breeding ami rearing oF stock can liai-dly fail to 

 become one of the givat future imlustrics of the province-. "- * * 

 Nowhere else in the island is there seen anything like tlie ([uan- 

 tity of jiine timber, to be met witli Iiere ; and although the soil 

 on the western side of the island is rirher in some 2')laces, this 

 country, taking all its advantages intn (■(insi(h-ration, offers more 

 immediate inducement to settlers."' (TJiis -was Avritten liefore 

 the railway leached western Xewrnuudlaud.) 

 THE GAMliO COUNTliY. 



The Rejiort states as follows :-—" 'Jlu' tindu-i' on the Cambo, 

 especially in the valley of tlie Triton IJiver, i> nl-iv tine. Pine 

 is abundant, and though m)t so large as that of tlie (iander, is of 

 excellent ([uality. The white In'rcli, spruce and tir, along the 

 banks of the river, are ]-euiark;il)ly tine ; indeed I have seldom 

 ."^een finer in any part of the island. The land a\ailalile for 

 general agriculture in the \-alley of the (Jandio is not extensive, 

 being chietly confined to the alhn ial Hats on either side of the 

 river. These, howevei', are iVe([Uently lirhly luxuriant, as testi- 

 fied by the indigenous vegetati<in, especially in the \alley of the 

 Triton River where they are geui-rally u]i\vaiiN of a udle in 

 width." 



TOPOGKAriiV OF THK GAMIJO. 



"The Gamlio Kiver is approaclied from the sea by a long, 

 naiaow arm of the great bay of 15ona\ista, wliirh stretches in- 

 land some twenty miles from the o]n'n water of tlie latter, bearing 

 generally south-west by \\est, and north-east bv east. The livei- 

 enters at its exti'enie head, its mouth being >iluated in lat. 

 48° 46' 5" and long. 54° li' 32". Two ndles ami Ihree-ijunrters 

 from its outlet, it exjiands into a long narrow lake, known to the 

 lumber-men as the First or Lower (Jambo Pond. It then con- 

 tracts at a place called the Straits Ibi' a little over a nnle, and 

 expands again into the Second oi- l'p])er (Jaudio I'dud, nearlv 

 equal in length to the first, but suniewhat wider. ' 



