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but by no means cheap. Why one should pay 

 40 cents, about Is. Sd., for a shce of fried cod 

 in the very home of the cod, when a whole fish 

 can be purchased for half the money, I could 

 not understand, and although Newfoundland 

 abounds in fish neither trout nor salmon were 

 once served in the restaurant car. 



On Thursday the 18th I arrived at St. John's 

 at 12.30, having travelled without a stop from 

 the previous Sunday at midnight. It is much 

 to be regretted that the direct Allan Line from 

 Liverpool to St. John's, which only takes seven 

 days, should not have larger and more up-to- 

 date steamers. The largest boat is under 5,000 

 tons; not very comfortable for crossing the 

 Atlantic. As the Allan Line run excellent 

 boats to Quebec, there must be some good 

 reason for the local service to St. John's not 

 being better served. 



Leaving England on August 5th, and travel- 

 ling continuously, I did not reach St. John's 

 till the 18th. It is true I took a slow boat and 

 came by New York. A better route would 

 have been by one of the larger steamers to 

 Quebec or Rimouski, and then back by rail to 

 Sydney, and so on to Port aux Basques. 



If the large steamers which pass so close to 

 Newfoundland would only make a call at St. 

 John's, to disembark passengers, I feel sure 



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