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first necessary, and I got a mess of meat at 

 the local hotel for 35 cents. On asking for 

 a glass of beer or a whisky-and-soda, I was told 

 they only kept " sober drinks," an expression 

 which I heard for the first time. 



The traveller in Newfoundland must recon- 

 cile himself to teetotalism and tea, unless he 

 can carry his own liquor along. Even at the 

 hotel in St. John's only very indifferent beer 

 was obtainable with meals; for anything else 

 one had to go round the corner to a second-rate 

 public-house. Now all this seems very un- 

 necessary, for it would appear to me that there 

 is much greater chance of a man getting drunk 

 if he finds himself set down in a public-house 

 after dinner than if he could obtain what he 

 reasonably required in his hotel. But all New- 

 foundland drinks tea, and the sensible traveller 

 will adapt himself to the local customs, as well 

 as to the midday dinner and the light early 

 tea or supper. 



The ferry was only a couple of hundred yards 

 across, and George and I were soon on our way 

 to Fulford's. 



The drive was a lovely one, the road winding 

 high up over the south-east arm. The weather 

 had cleared up, the sun was shining brightly, 

 the hills were glistening in the sunshine after 

 the heavy rain, and every little stream had 



