NEWFOUNDLAND IN THE 

 'SEVENTIES 



ONE fine August day a friend of mine and 

 ' I, being anxious to explore the hunting- 

 grounds of Newfoundland, embarked on 

 board an Allan steamship, and after a somewhat 

 boisterous passage found ourselves deposited in 

 the city of St. John's. 



St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland, is re- 

 markably well situated on the northern side of a 

 magnificent harbour. The entrance to the harbour 

 is through a very narrow passage between lofty, 

 precipitous, rugged cliffs ; but within, the haven 

 expands and forms a perfectly secure, land-locked, 

 and commodious shelter from the wild waves that 

 lash those inhospitable shores. The most notice- 

 able point about the city is that all the manufactur- 

 ing energy of the population appears to be concen- 

 trated in the making of long fisherman's boots, and 

 the keeping of public-houses. It produces seal oil 

 and cod-fish, and consumes rum and tobacco. St. 



John's is a busy, thriving, money-making place, and 



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