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boat, so that visitors can come by the one route and return 
by the other; the tickets are good on either steamer. St. 
John’s is connected with Bay of Islands by direct railway 
communication." 
The Reid-Newfoundland Company issue an illustrated 
“Souvenir” of Newfoundland. This contains an excellent 
map of all the routes of their lines, and also takes in the 
whole coast of Newfoundland and the Labrador coast as 
far north as their steamer goes, z.e. to Nain. As far as 
Chateau in the Strait of Belle Isle, the tourist is in tele- 
graphic communication with the outside world and by the 
Marconi system as far north as Hamilton Inlet. 
St. John’s is easy of access and can be reached from 
Liverpool or Glasgow by the Allan line of steamers. The 
passage takes about eight days. St. John’s can also be 
reached by steamer from Halifax by the Furness line or 
Red Cross line; from New York direct by the Red Cross 
line; direct from Philadelphia by the Allan line; and direct 
from Montreal by the Black Diamond Steamship line. If, 
however, a shorter sea passage is desired, passengers can go 
vid Sydney, Cape Breton, whence a steamer connects with 
the trans-Newfoundland Railway at Port-aux-Basques, 
accomplishing the short sea journey in six or seven hours. 
The railway to St. John’s from Port-aux-Basques passes 
through Bay of Islands, the starting-point of the western 
boat to Labrador. It also traverses the beautiful valleys 
of the Humber and Cordroy rivers. 
As the east coast Labrador steamer makes about a hun- 
1 The passenger agent at St. John’s for the Reid-Newfoundland 
Company will gladly give all information with regard to means of 
transit, etc, 
