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took an interesting walk to another of the points of 

 interest in the suburbs of this quaint city. Those 

 visiting St. John's should not fail to see this interest- 

 ing little fishing village, Quidi Vidi, only a short walk 

 of half a mile from the city. The road to it leads 



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you past the penitentiary and hospital and along the 

 shore of pretty Quidi Vidi Lake, on which an annual 

 regatta is held and in winter curling tournaments. 

 The village is a counterpart of hundreds Avhich can 

 be seen from the vessel wherever there is a harbor, 

 the entrance to which is large enough to admit of the 

 passage of a fisherman's boat. In this instance the 

 fissure in the rocky wall is not more than from twelve 



