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trapper, then pursues a course through steep rock gorges into 

 Red Indian Lake, noted for its excellent deer-hunting, and after- 

 wards winds along through a well-timbered country to the sea. 



Along its shores the now extinct tribe of aboriginal Indians were 

 accustomed to make huge enclosures by felling trees in order to 

 impound herds of caribou when on their spring and autumn migra- 

 tions. Near Grand Falls the remains of these ancient fences are 

 still to be seen, though crumbling to decay, as well as the circular 

 mounds which mark the foundations of rude birch-bark wigwams. 



The Grand Falls of the Exploits are heard rumbling and roaring 

 at a very long distance, and are at least 125 feet in height. An 

 immense volume of falling water, compressed into a comparatively 

 narrow space, is rent in many places by large projecting rocks, 

 while a short distance below the stream is divided by a wooded 

 island, which is used as a breeding-place by countless gulls. The 

 scene is striking and wild in the extreme. 



A BIT OF INTERVALE LAND, LITTLE COD" ROY RIVER. 



Although the Falls afford an imposing spectacle they bar the 

 ascent of the salmon, which seem thereupon to turn their course 

 up Great Ratling Brook. This brook, or river rather, has three 

 very good pools within a distance of two miles from its mouth, so 

 that a party camping near the mouth can easily fish them every day ; 

 and often excellent sport is to be had here in the month of July. 



Say that there has been a gradual falling of the water, and the 



