294 KPORT IX NEWFOUNDLAND. 



are finti- l»y far tliau any to be found in any portion of the Xortli- 

 Anierican Continent/' "Fur is ])retty j^lentil'ul ; wild fowl and 

 grouse abundant ; and tlie creeks and rivers are full of salmon 

 and trout.'' In "Forest Life in Acadia," by Captain Hardy, R. A., 

 the author s-ays : — " I know of no country so near England which 

 .offers the same amount of inducement to the explorer, naturalist 

 or sportsman as Newfoundland. To one who combines the ad- 

 vantages of a good in'actical knowledge of geoloL!;y with the love 

 ..of .sport the interior of this great island, much of which is (piite 

 unknown, may indeed pi'o\"e a field of valualjle and remunera- 

 tive discovery, for its mineral i'e.sources are unquestionably of 

 vast importance." " The caribou are scattered more or less 

 abundantly over an area of some 25,000 s(|uare miles of un- 

 bi'oken wilderness." 



