176 SPORT IN NEWFOUNDLAND 



Millais himself had not travelled over this 

 ground, so the map published in his book only 

 gave an approximate idea of the country and 

 its waterways. I had secured the services of 

 Steve Bernard, Millais' head man, and he was 

 to meet me with two other Indians at the head 

 of Long Harbour when I would send a wire. 



My route was to be Placentia to Belleoram 

 by the Glencoe. At Belleoram Mr. Ryan, who 

 is in charge of the telegraph station at the head 

 of Long Harbour, was to meet me in his sailing 

 schooner the Caribou, and from Long Harbour 

 we were to pack in to Hungry Grove Pond, 

 where the canoes were to be ready. 



We did not get away from Placentia till 

 1 a.m., and crossing Placentia Bay arrived at 

 Burin the following morning in a thick fog, 

 which occasionally lifted, showing a fine, wild 

 coast with rocky headlands on all sides. Burin 

 was a pretty spot, and I saw it better on my 

 return when there was no fog. We arrived at 

 Grand Bank, a big fishing town, in the evening, 

 but the fog outside was so thick that the 

 Captain decided to anchor till 2 a.m. and then 

 cross Fortune Bay to Belleoram. 



Grand Bank was responsible for the change 

 in the sailing date of the Glencoe. Leaving 

 Placentia on Saturday she was due at Grand 

 Bank on Sunday. The inhabitants being very 



