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improveiiieuts, wliicli will render the recurrence of a great firCy 

 like that of 1846 or 1892, an improliable event. 



DISTANC-ES FROM OTHER CITIES. 



The city is situated on the east side of the peninsula of Avalon,. 

 which presents a wide frontage to the sea, and on tla- portion of 

 American land Avhich approaches nearest to the Olil World. It 

 is 60 miles north of Cajje Race ; 600 miles from Halifax ; 1,170' 

 miles from Montreal; 1200 miles from New York; and 1700 miles 

 from Queenstown — being 1,000 miles neai'er it than New York- 

 It is in 47° 33' 33" N. latitude, and 52' 4.")' 10' W. longitudt^. 



OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN ST. .JOHN'S WORTHY THE 

 ATTENTION OF TOURISTS AN1> VISITORS. 



A walk along Water sti'eet, the main Imsiness thcronghfarey 

 about a mile in length, will enalde a strangei' to form an idea of 

 the style of business and the mode of conducting it. Handsome 

 shop-fronts, tastefully " dressed " and exliilnting all kinds of 

 fancy goods and more substantial articles, ai'e everywhere con- 

 spicuous. The visitor will be specially struck with tlie lieauty 

 and soliditv of the new l>lorks erected since the tiiv — such as 

 Baird's Building ; Marshall and Rodger's ; Ayre and kSous ; (Gar- 

 land's ; Goodfellow's Buildings. These, in architecture and gene- 

 ral arrangements, do not suffer by compaiison with similar estab- 

 lishments in any other city of the sauie size. The thronged 

 shops, crowded streets, and general liustle and activity show that 

 a large business is done heiv. Tliis is especially the ca.se in the 

 early summer and in the Fall. 



FISH STORES, ETC. 



A glance at one of the large tish-stoi'es — such as Baine .Tohn- 

 stone's. Job's, Monroe's or Tliorl>urn and Tessier's — is interesting 

 as showing how tlie dried cod-fish are sorteil, stacked in huge 

 piles, and made u]) in " drums" for foreign markets. To see the 

 process of manufacturing the fish-oils and the complicated machi- 

 nery used, it is necessary to cross tlie harbour in a boat, and 

 walk through one of the great oil-factories on the South Side, 

 where the seal oil is refined and jirepared ibr market. 



