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although there is better hunting to be had, the weather is apt to 

 grow very inclement. It is well to use as his highway into the 

 interior one of those several immense lakes which are one of the 

 most remarkable features of Newfoundland. Lakes of all sizes 

 are found universally over the whole country in an abundance 



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scarcely to be credited. They are to be met with not only in the 

 valleys, but on the highest ridges, and on the summits of the loftiest 

 hills. 



In fact the interior is simply a vast network of lakes and lake- 

 lets defying all attempts to name or number. Of every size, from 

 fifty feet to fifty miles in length, they lie amidst the open barren 

 reflecting the open sky, or in the forest lonely and silent, known to 

 none save the solitary trapper. 



There can be no more charming road into a wilderness country 

 than a lake or river stealing into the scenery with many a picturesque 

 curve, now winding among open glades, now meandering between 

 steep lofty wooded banks, or hiding in the deep valley it has fur- 

 rowed for itself through the countless ages. 



The largest lake of the island is Grand Lake, with a superficial 

 area of 196 square miles. It contains an island 22 miles long and 

 5 miles in breadth. This island has a lake which in turn holds 

 another island. This also has a lake which contains an island, 



