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ing paragraphs of his paper : — " It is strange how ignorant we 

 .often are of the beauties and attractions of places near our shores, 

 while thoroughly conversant witli the lesser grandeur of historic 

 lands far away. Thousands from the United States and many 

 from Canada yearly Hock to Europe, and write rapturous ac- 

 counts of the scenes over whicli poetiy or fiction lias thrown a 

 glamour. For a trifling outlay, and without the discomforts of 

 a long sea voyage, they could, by visiting Newfoundland, enjt)y a 

 .cool and healthy summer, and revel in all the wild grandeur of 

 Alpine scenery, or dream away the hours by lakes and bays 

 compared with which Killarney and Loch Katrine are but tame 

 and uninviting pools. 



COUNTRY EASY OF ACCE.SS. 



" It Avas my good fortune to pay a short visit to that romantic 

 land, and to enjoy tlie hospitality of its most hospitable people. 

 Tlie countiy is now easy of access, either by the Allan steamers 

 plying Ijetween Baltimore, Halifax and St. John's ; or by boats 

 from Montreal, Pictou and Charlottetown, or by those of a line 

 between New York and St. John's. By any of these routes you 

 .can enjoy just a taste of the great Atlantic, and then you find 

 yourself in a land where the virgin forest still fringes the nolilest 

 bays in the worhl ; where codfi.sh actually swim within a yard 

 .of the shore, and salmon bask on the ledges of secluded inlets. 

 Yet it must not be tliought that the country is a howling wild- 

 .erncss, devoid alike of civilizing influences and local refinement. 

 You have all tliesu ; Ijut tlie populatfon is so small compared 

 with the vast extent of the island, that primitive nature still 

 holds sway over hundreds (jf miles of countiy." 



THE "LONDON TI3IES" ON NEWFOUNDLAND. 



Some fourteen years ago, when Newfoundland was less known 

 than at present, and its attractions for tourists and travellers less 

 favourably presented, tlie London Times, after a visit to the 

 island of one of its ablest correspondents, in a leading article, 

 ga\-e utterance to some kindly words regarding the ohlest of 

 England's colonial brood. Here are a few extracts: — "An 



