. Newfoundland Quarterly 1919-20. etty place, but visitors are debarred from appreciatingits other attractions by having, immediately its harbour isentered, their attention arrested and centered in a beautiful other streams contributory thereto, it may at any time developan industrial importance of much value. The electrification ofpower and lighting plants at LaPoile for instance, if it becomea coal shipping port, would be an objective for its profitableutilization. Continuing down the coast we pass in succession Cinq Cerf,Connoire, Barachoix and other bays to reach Burgeo, the mostimportant
. Newfoundland Quarterly 1919-20. etty place, but visitors are debarred from appreciatingits other attractions by having, immediately its harbour isentered, their attention arrested and centered in a beautiful other streams contributory thereto, it may at any time developan industrial importance of much value. The electrification ofpower and lighting plants at LaPoile for instance, if it becomea coal shipping port, would be an objective for its profitableutilization. Continuing down the coast we pass in succession Cinq Cerf,Connoire, Barachoix and other bays to reach Burgeo, the mostimportant seat of our staple industry between Grand Bank andBurgeo Island. Burgeo imparts to the visitor the feeling that it is a desirableplace to live in. It is cozily situated within a small but secureharbour. An air of thrift and comfort is apparent on everyhand and ones every want may be supplied by stepping intoany of its many well stocked stores. Its men are hardy, daringand enterprising, hence its success as a great fishery BURGEO. THE NEWFOUNDLAND 10. IIKYINR KISH AT BURGEO. Some quite pretentious residences are in evidence as well ashnely modelled hshery and foreign goin<r craft f«minK fro,,, Burgeo, and we reach Rameaanother active fishery centre, and the sentinel of this section ofthe Western Coast, as H. ,s .situate nine miles from the aspect here is harsher than at Burgeo, but its peonlehae hearty and redolent of the salty sea aif in\vhichIhey atbred are typical and fit representatives of the parent stock, thedaring pioneers of the r;th and ,8th centuries who won for the•Saxon race domination of the entire North AmericanContinent. It is difficult to find an area so limited as that ofthe Ramea Island s ,n which so large a volume of business isdone. If we are having favourable weather we should get away so as to reach across to Cape La Hune just beforedark and where we shall probablv anchor for the nkhtLiHune Bay has
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