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of houses along coasts, the seal fish- 

 eries, and the hams and sausages made 

 of whale meat. A typical trip of the 

 thirty-two that are available can be en- 

 joyed on the little steamer Ethie, which 

 leaves Clarenville (a railroad station) 

 each Monday and Friday. 



Down a long, salt-water estuary to 

 the northeast, through Random Sound, 

 and calling at places even more queer 

 than their names — Old Perlican, Ire- 



illustration. Note the wattled fences, 

 churches of English and Catholic 

 faiths, the bare, bleak hills, the grave- 

 stones beside one church, the wireless 

 telegraphy stations, and mountain 

 road ; and the long peninsula, beyond 

 which heaves the mystery of the North 

 Atlantic. Priests and ministers of the 

 Church of England wear their vest- 

 ments, birettas and surplices right on 

 the "streets'' of Trinity. Its people 



OUR SECOND STAG 



land's Eye, Hants, and Heart's Con- 

 tent, where sixty cable operators han- 

 Tlle 4,000 messages daily. At many of 

 these calls along that journey of a hun- 

 dred miles to Trinity, on the shore of 

 Trinity Bay, one may go ashore and 

 note the tiny patches of peas, beans, 

 asparagus, beets, lettuce, tomatoes, 

 raspberries and potatoes — all maturing 

 in sixty days. Corn and wheat will not 

 mature. 



Quaint little Trinity "village" is 

 shown perfectly by the accompanying 



swarm down to the dock to meet each 

 steamer ; we counted seventeen cows, 

 about forty dogs and cats, and over ten 

 score of children. And how the natives 

 lavish kindness on visitors ! He is a 

 lucky guest who does not get half 

 smothered in a feather bed two feet 

 thick. 



He visits whaling stations and chats 

 with skippers right from beyond the 

 Arctic Circle ; he has a choice of a 

 dozen sailboats, is invited to the two or 

 three "museums," gets gifts of armfuls 



