138 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



It is a sujuTb view of boundless sea and forest 

 which greets one from this vantage point — a strik- 

 ing eoniliination of the charms of land and water. 

 To the south, the Bay Chaleur with its broken coast 

 line ; to the west, a grand panorama of mountain 

 and valley, all densely wooded — the home of bear, 

 and deer, and caribou ; to the north, a foreground 

 of red cliffs and blue water, and, in the distance, 

 Gaspij; to the east, the aj)parently limitless gulf and, 

 seemingly beneath one, Bonaventure Islaml, Perct', 

 and the Rock. 



It was a view to remember ; one, I trust, I may 

 be privileged to behold again. I longed for time to 

 explore the surrounding woods, but Bonaventure 

 with its Gannets wieldeil a stronger fascination, and 

 two days after onr arrival we chartered a cod Ijoat, 

 with its crew, for the voyage to the Gannet rooker- 

 ies on the eastern side of Bonaventure, distant about 

 four miles. 



The evident great strength of our craft in pro- 

 portion to its size made it seem like a stunted vessel, 

 and her captain and the crew, of one man, seemed 

 built on the same lines. During the winter they 

 were lumbermen in the region north of Ottawa, in 

 the summer codfisliers. It is doubtful if they could 

 have selected occupations requiring greater endur- 

 ance. They seemed as tough as rawhide, and as 

 rough as pirates. 



My good assistant they invariably spoke of as 

 "the woman," but both proved true men at heart, 

 and as solicitous for our welfare as though their own 

 livi!S of exposure had not ti'ained them to laugh at 

 hardshiii. 



