. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 44 BONAVISTA BAY. ii bisli are thrown into the aea from the mill-dams, and that the salmon and herring fishery is destroyed in consequence. There are several clergymen, two magistrates, and a doctor at this place. Left Trinity June 25tli; blowing hard from north, with snow-squalls. Passed Catalina about noon; weather too bad to go in. iVll the places about here are named by the Spaniards or Portu- guese. A dense fog came on at 1 , accompanied by hard squalls and sn
. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 44 BONAVISTA BAY. ii bisli are thrown into the aea from the mill-dams, and that the salmon and herring fishery is destroyed in consequence. There are several clergymen, two magistrates, and a doctor at this place. Left Trinity June 25tli; blowing hard from north, with snow-squalls. Passed Catalina about noon; weather too bad to go in. iVll the places about here are named by the Spaniards or Portu- guese. A dense fog came on at 1 , accompanied by hard squalls and snow; shaped course to pass between Cape Bonavista and Old Harry Eocks, but the current sent us nearly on to Gull Island, which we sighted through the fog when only 300 yards off 1 Passed through the channel into Bonavista Bay, which we found to be full of field-ice, and an enormous iceberg over 300 feet high. Steamed up to the latter and fired a shell at it. Lay to by the berg till day- light, and then proceeded dead slow, the fog being very thick. JNLade out Long Island at 6 , and anchored in Goose Bay. This place has never been visited by a man-of-war. The popuhition has increased immensely of late years, and there are now no less than 300. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kennedy, W. R. (William Robert), Sir, 1838-1916. Edinburgh; London : W. Blackwood
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