. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . oad Cove andthe Thorburn road which affords a change of scene and manydelightful views. ST. JOHNS TO RENEWS, CAPE RACE. Another pleasant excursion is to Renews, Ferryland andCape Race. A mail wagon plies twice a week to Renews, buttourists will find it much more comfortable to hire a carriage—fare about $4 per day. The road is good and the viewsoften superb. The hotel accommodation is, however, veryprimitive, and it is advisible to start with a well-filled luncheonbasket. The barrens along this route
. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . oad Cove andthe Thorburn road which affords a change of scene and manydelightful views. ST. JOHNS TO RENEWS, CAPE RACE. Another pleasant excursion is to Renews, Ferryland andCape Race. A mail wagon plies twice a week to Renews, buttourists will find it much more comfortable to hire a carriage—fare about $4 per day. The road is good and the viewsoften superb. The hotel accommodation is, however, veryprimitive, and it is advisible to start with a well-filled luncheonbasket. The barrens along this route are famous for partridgeshooting, the season for which begins September 15th. The 120 NEWFOUNDLAND. first part of the road is excellent and affords many beautifulviews. Blackhead is a village near Cape Spear, the eastern-most point of North America. Petty Harbor, nine miles from St. Johns, is a village ofabout a thousand inhabitants, situated at the mouth of a deepravine through which flows a deep stream into the snug littleharbor, fringed with fish-flakes and shut in by towering preci-. Newfoundland Trout. pices. About three and a half miles from Petty Harbor is TheSpout, a funnel-shaped opening from above into a cavern whichthe sea has scooped out. In stormy weather, the sea rushinginto the cavern, hurls the spray and foam aloft through theopening, presenting a curious sight, at certain times, for milesaround. NEWFOUNDLAND. 121 Beyond Petty Harbor the road runs along the so-called« straight shore » of Avalon to Bay of Bulls, twenty miles fromSt. Johns. This name is a corruption of the French Baie deBois. Mobile and Cape Broyle are next passed, and at forty-four miles from St. Johns, Ferryland, a spot having historicalassociations, is reached. The little town has about 550 inhabi-tants; was founded in 1624 by Sir George Calvert; afterwardsLord Baltimore, who built a fort and a fine mansion in which heresided for some years with his family. Here too, Sir DavidKirke took up
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