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 EXPLOITSOn the cover

Sketch-Map of Newfoundland on p. [viii].

SKETCH-MAP OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

NEWFOUNDLAND