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■witli a rich carpet of mo^s of every shade and colour, and abound 

 in all sorts of wild berries, pleasing both to the eye and taste. 

 The l^anks of the rivers are also at this time fringed with wild 

 stra^^•berries, raspberries, currants, blue-berries, and adorned with 

 many kinds of lovely ferns and wild flowers ; while foaming tor- 

 rents and tumbling cascades complete a jjicture delightful to the 

 .eye of the artist and the salmon-fisher. The scenery of the south 

 .coast is of the grandest description ; deep gorges in the coast-line 

 lead through narrow entrances, with precipitous clifl's on either 

 hand, to magnificent harbours ^^■llere the navies of Europe may 

 float secure from every gale.'' " In the interior of the islands 

 .are thousands, aye, millions of acres of good land, suitable for 

 growing crojis, or raising cattle or sheep, as shown by the mag- 

 nificent wild grass which grows in all the swamps, and upon 

 which the deer feed unmolested, save when the solitary hunter 

 intrudes upon their sanctuary.'' "As regards salubrity of cli- 

 mate, Xewfoundland has no equal. On our visits round the 

 .coast the doctor's duties were al^solutely nil.'' "I believe that 

 few countries have such advantages as are possessed by New- 

 foundland, with her magnificent harbours and her boundless 

 stores of wealth ; but no country lias ever yet progressed without 

 railroads, or even roads. With the completion of the railway to 

 Hall's Bay and the probability of its ultimate extension to the 

 west coast ; with copper mines in full blast along her shores, and 

 .other industries in like activity, the proud boast of every New- 

 foundlander, " This Newfoundland of Ours," will be no idle one, 

 and tlie sovereignty of the island will be assured, not only in 

 name but in reality." (The foregoing was written eleven years 

 ago. Captain Kennedy's anticipations are receiving rapid reali- 

 zation.) 



AX ARCHBISHOP'S OPINION. 



Tlie late Roman Catholic Archbishop of Halifax, N. S., — a 

 gentleman of high attainments and culture — paid a visit ta 

 Newfixmdland some years ago. On his return he published an 

 account of his trip in which he spoke in rapturous terms of the 

 .country, its scenery and its people. The following are the open- 



