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of Augast, while we were at South-west Point. Mr. Pope told me it was 

 an unusual occurrence. I observed that frequent openings in the fog 

 were seen towards the land, leading to the idea that it was less dense 

 in the interior. 



I observed some cattle at South-west Point, belonging to Mr. Pope 

 and Mr. Corbet. They appeared to be in good condition, although they 

 had been left to provide for themselves in the wood openings, or along 

 the shore. A horse belonging to Mr. Pope was in equally good condition. 



Gam die or Ellis Bay and Fox Bay are the only two harbors on the 

 island that are comparatively safe in all winds. The former is eight and 

 a-half miles from West-end Lighthouse, on the south side ; the latter is 

 fifteen miles from Heath Point Lighthouse, on the north side. From 

 Cape Eagle to Cape Henry, across the mouth of Gamache Bay, the dis- 

 tance is two miles, with a breadth of deep water of three quarters of a 

 mile, extending up the bay a mile and a-half, while the depth of the 

 indentation is two miles and a-half. Fox Bay is smaller, and has less 

 depth of water than Gamache Bay. The distance across its mouth is a 

 mile and a-half, with half a mile of deep water in the centre, extending 

 up the bay nine-tenths of a mile ; the whole depth of the indentation 

 being one mile and two-tenths. These two harbours occur in the same 

 geological formation, while the rock presents a very regular and com- 

 paratively level surface, over which a road could be easily, constructed 

 from one harbour to the other, the distance being 120 miles. By such 

 means the whole island would be brought to within a moderate distance 

 of a road having a natural harbour at each end. 



The wild animals met with on the island, as far as I am aware, are 

 the common black bear, the red, the black, and the silver fox, and the 

 marten. Bears are said to be very numerous, and hunters talk of their 

 being met with by dozens at a time ; but on my excursion I only observed 

 one at Ellis Bay, two near Cormorant Point, and one in the neighbour- 

 hood of Observation Cape. I came upon the last one on a narrow strip 

 of beach at the foot of a high and nearly vertical cliff. Seen from a 

 distance, I took the animal for a burnt log, and it was only when within 

 fifty yards of him that I perceived my mistake. He appeared to be too 

 busily engaged in making his morning meal, on the remains of a seal, to 

 pay any attention to me ; for although, with a view of giving him notice 

 to quit, I struck my hammer upon a boulder that was near, and made 

 other noises which I conceived might alarm him, he never raised his 

 head to show that he was aware of my presence, but fed on until he had 

 finished the carcase, obliging me, having no rifle, to remain a looker-on 

 for half-an-hour. When nothing of the seal remained but the bones, the 

 bear climbed in a leisurely way up the face of the naked cliff, which 

 could not be many degrees out of the perpendicular, throwing down as 

 he passed considerable blocks of rock, and disappeared over the summit, 

 which was not less than a hundred feet above the sea. 



Foxes and martens are very abundant. The marten was frequently 

 heard during the night in the neighbourhood of our camp, and foxes 



