. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . Rev. J. Congregational Church. n8 NEWFOUNDLAND. restless Atlantic washing their base or under the wing of thestorm, leaping up their dark sides. PORTUGAL COVE. Portugal Cove, nine miles from St. Johns, is a spot whichno tourist should leave unvisited. The road is excellent and forthe first four miles presents a continual ascent, but when theheight of land is reached, if the day be clear, a splendid pano-rama presents itself. Away in the distance, on the right, is thegrand old ocean, gently
. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . Rev. J. Congregational Church. n8 NEWFOUNDLAND. restless Atlantic washing their base or under the wing of thestorm, leaping up their dark sides. PORTUGAL COVE. Portugal Cove, nine miles from St. Johns, is a spot whichno tourist should leave unvisited. The road is excellent and forthe first four miles presents a continual ascent, but when theheight of land is reached, if the day be clear, a splendid pano-rama presents itself. Away in the distance, on the right, is thegrand old ocean, gently heaving under the summer breeze. Afew white sails are visible, and perhaps a dozen lonely wanderersof the deep that were born of Greenlands glaciers, and are nowtowering icebergs sailing past to meet their doom in the warmwaters of the Gulf Stream. The whole range of dark cliffs andheadlands, from Cape Spear almost to the entrance of Concep-tion Bay is visible from this eminence. Two miles further,Windsor Lake is passed, from which the city is supplied withwater. Then comes a gradual descent, by a winding r
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