. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . ge, and affording glimpses of the peopleand their way of living ; the great bays across which thesteamer ploughs her way all combine to render the excursionstimulating and pleasant. Then should the trip include theLabrador coast, strange, wild land is reached, and a new ex-perience gained amid its icebergs and towering cliffs, and itshardy fisher-folk gathering in the sea harvest and battling withthe billows. There is something entirely out of the ordinarytrack of travelers in such an excursion. All i
. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . ge, and affording glimpses of the peopleand their way of living ; the great bays across which thesteamer ploughs her way all combine to render the excursionstimulating and pleasant. Then should the trip include theLabrador coast, strange, wild land is reached, and a new ex-perience gained amid its icebergs and towering cliffs, and itshardy fisher-folk gathering in the sea harvest and battling withthe billows. There is something entirely out of the ordinarytrack of travelers in such an excursion. All is fresh, invigora-ting, « bracing brain and sinew.» After clearing the narrows the steamer passes TorbayHead, Cape St. Francis, with its restless waves breaking uponthe « Brandies,)) as the outlaying rocks are called ; the mouthof Conception Bay; the grim cliffs of Baccalieu Island, theresort of myriads of sea fowl; the great bay of Trinity, famousfor the landing of the first Atlantic cable in 1858 ; BonavistaBay, and Twillingate, a prosperous town on an island with a NEWFOUNDLAND. 125. Country Bridge. population of nearly 4,000, is reached ; distance from St. Johns232 miles. Now the steamer is in Notre Dame Bay, the famouscopper mining region and its iron pyrites mines. Pursuing her northern route the steamer at lengthapproaches an important landmark—Cape St. John, the northernheadland of Notre Dame Bay, and the northeastern terminus ofthe French shore, the western terminus being Cape Ray. Fromthis point she glides along a vast wall of rock 400 to 500 feethigh, the summits presenting every imaginable shape intowhich rocks can be torn or sculptured. After passing Cape , the ports touched at are Coachmans Cove, Conche,Griquet, and then Cape Bauld and Cape Norman, the mostnorthern part of the island are passed. The straits of BelleIsle are crossed, and Belle Isle, a barren, treeless island, ninemiles long and three broad, is passed. Early mariners called it«The Isle
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