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Newfounillaud. But it is not sufficiently known. Few know 

 even the way of reaching it. A guide-book setting forth its at- 

 tractions, should be published, giving such information as tourists 

 require in order to see the country to advantage. ]\Iany hun- 

 dreds of Americans would every year find their way here were 

 the country only known. In the future, if proper steps are 

 taken, Newfoundland may become one of the most popular sum- 

 ■mev resorts. In addition to the scenery and pure air, you have 

 salmon and trout-fishing to an unlimited extent ; and in the fall 

 snipe, curlew, and ptarmigan shooting, as well as deer-stalking. 

 Boating on the lakes, driving or walking over your breezy hills ; 

 pic-nicing in such places as Petty Harbour, Middle Cove or 

 Topsail ; sketching or pliotographing your rare scenery, drink- 

 ing in the oxygen of an atmosphere wliich at every breath 

 quickens the jiulses and puts colour in the cheek — what more 

 .could the heart of man or woman tourist ask for ?" 



PROFESSOR HYATT'S EXPERIENCE, 



Another eminent scientific man, — Professor Hyatt, of Boston, 

 — spent the summer of 1885 on the West coast of the island. 

 With a numlier of other scientists, he was engaged in collecting 

 fossils and studying the geology of the district. He wrote of his 

 excursion in the following terms : — " Certainly one can rarely 

 see in this world more remarkable and picturesque villages than 

 those of Burin, Burgeo and Rose Blanche. The eff"ect of the 

 pond-like ]iarl)ours, surrounded l)y rugged hills, often of con- 

 siderable height, is rendered exceedingly 2>leasing, often lovely, 

 by the habit of Ijuilding the cottages anj^where and everywhere, 

 according to the fancy or fortune of the owner. Burgeo was 

 especially remarkable, and an artist could spend many summers 

 on this coast and become its pictorial historian with great gain to 

 himself." The Professor found Port-au-Port a geological paradise, 

 rare and curious fossils being abundant. " I have one endoceras" 

 he wrote " two feet six inches long and with the living chambers 

 nearly perfect — one of the finest things I have ever seen in any 

 collection, not even excepting Hall's or Barrande's. AVo also 



