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CARIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



SEEING THE CITY. 



Tuesday, October 9th Thermometer, 50; clear. 

 Having attended to all the business matters deemed 

 necessary, this day was set apart for sight-seeing in 

 this land-locked city within sight of the turbulent At- 

 lantic. For picturesqueness of situation there is no 





AN OLD VIEW OF ST. JOHN'S. 



other city in North America to compare with St. 

 John's. As the voyager coming northward from 

 Cape Race sails along the grim-walled coast, w r hose 

 rocks tower from two to four hundred feet high and 

 hurl back the waves in defiance, the steamer sud- 

 denly turns her prow shoreward, as if to dash herself 

 against the dark cliffs. In a few moments a narrow 



