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Peeps at Many Lands

NEWFOUNDLAND

Peeps at Many Lands

NEWFOUNDLAND

by

FORD FAIRFORD

Containing Twelve Full-Page Illustrations in Colour by C. G. Lowther

London Adam and Charles Black 1912

Printed in Great Britain

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE OLDEST BRITISH COLONY 1

II. THE INHABITANTS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS 5

III. PERILS OF THE SEA 13

IV. HOME-LIFE IN NEWFOUNDLAND 19

V. THE FISHERIES OF NEWFOUNDLAND 24

VI. A LAND OF TIMBER AND MINERALS 30

VII. ACROSS NEWFOUNDLAND BY RAIL 36

VIII. THE NORWAY OF THE NEW WORLD 41

IX. HAUNTS OF THE PIRATES 46

X. MOUNTAINS OF ICE 51

XI. A PERILOUS ADVENTURE 56

XII. THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG 60

XIII. HUNTING THE WHALE 65

XIV. SHOOTING AND FISHING 69

XV. SEAL-HUNTING ON THE ICE 75

XVI. LABRADOR 80

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ST. JOHN’S FROM THE OLD GOLF LINKS _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
AN ESQUIMAUX FAMILY 9

THE WATER “FLUME” AT PETTY HARBOUR, WHERE ELECTRIC
POWER FOR ST. JOHN’S IS GENERATED 16

DRYING FISH ON THE “FISH FLAKES” 25

LORD NORTHCLIFFE’S PAPER MILLS AT GRAND FALLS 32

MARBLE MOUNTAIN, HUMBER RIVER 41

STEADYBROOK FALLS 48

SEALS ON “PACK-ICE” 57

THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG AS A BEAST OF BURDEN 64

A HUNTER’S CAMP 73

UNLOADING THE HIDE AND FAT OF SEALS AT ST. JOHN’S 80

INDIAN BURYING-PLACE NEAR EXPLOITS _On the cover_

_Sketch-Map of Newfoundland on p. viii._

NEWFOUNDLAND