32 CARIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



pecially above the forks of Sandy Brook, white birch 

 attains a very large size. 



The southern side of the Exploits presents an un- 

 broken dense forest in a series of gentle undulations 

 for many miles, and from the Victoria River to the 

 head of Red Indian Lake the country is well timbered 

 throughout. 



The valley of the Humber is richly wooded, and here 

 lumbering operations have been carried on for many 

 years on an extensive scale. Here Tamarack or juni- 

 per, yellow birch, white pine and spruce grow in pro- 

 fusion, and to a size very little inferior if not equal to 

 the best that is now brought to market at Gaspe and 

 other parts of the Lower Province of Canada. 



Berry-bearing plants are found distributed over the 

 whole of the island and in great variety, among which 

 may be mentioned strawberries, raspberries, capillaire, 

 partridge berries, bakeapple and "hurtz" or blueber- 

 ries, which can be gathered in the immediate vicinity 

 of every settlement. 



