256 DIRECTIONS FOR TOURISTS. 



but there is no good salmon stream nearer tljan Salmonier, at 

 a distance of fifty miles. It is readied l)y rail to Holyrood, 

 thence by vehicle. In the season the salmon fishing there is ex- 

 cellent. 



• VIKAV FK03I SIGNAL, HILL. 



All visitors sjjcedily find their way to the top of Signal Hill 

 overlooking the narrows, where a magnificent View is obtained. 

 It can be reached bj^ a walk of half an hour, or Ijy a short car- 

 riage drive. The road leading to it starts from the eastern end 

 of Duckworth Street. At the height of 350 feet two small and 

 deep lakes are passed. When the summit is reached, if the day 

 be clear, a noble view is enjoyed. On the one side is the broad 

 Atlantic "with all its terror and mystery" — not a rock or shoal 

 in the gieat expanse till the Irish coast is reached. Looking 

 northward we see Svnar Loaf, Loijic Baif, TorJinij Hmd and tlie 

 serrated range of hills on tlie south side of Conception Bay. 

 The dark per2)endicular sea-wall, A\ith numerous indentations, 

 runs up to Cape St. Francis. A tine sweep of country, dotted 

 with numerous glittering lakelets and farm-houses and fringed 

 witli sombre groves of fir, stretches away to the noi'th-west. 

 The great chasm which forms the entrance to tlie harljour is 

 seen below, guarded by precipitous rock-masses. Tlie remains 

 of the l)atteries which once commanded the narrow entrance 

 are visiljle on their rocky platforms. Fort Amherst and Cape 

 Spear lighthouses and Freshwater Bay, with its fishermen's 

 cottages, are seen to the south. A bird's-eye view is presented 

 of tlie harbour and its shipping, with the whole city lying along 

 tho northern slope, crowned liy the Roman Catholic Cathedral. 

 A lower peak called Gallows Hill stands out j^rominently. — 

 Here, in tlie olden time, criminals were hanged in sight of the 

 whole city. 



BATTLE OF SIGNAL HILL, 1762. 



In 1762 Signal Hill was the scene of a brief but Idoody 

 struggle. For tlie third time in sixty-six years the French had 

 got jiossession of St. .John's. Lord Colville was sent from Hali- 



