CONTENTS.

BOOK III. NEWFOUNDLAND.

CHAPTER I.

General Description of Newfoundland. Mr Cormack’s Jour-

ney across the Interior Country. Climate. Soil. Natural Productions, &c. .

CHAPTER II. Sketch of its History,

CHAPTER III.

Government, and Administration ofJustice. Laws. Expenses

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of the Colony. Value of its Commerce, &c. 175 CHAPTER IV. Description of St John‘s, and other Settlements, . . 186 CIIAPTER V. Strait of Belle Isle. Continent of Labrador. Anticosti. Mag» dalene Islands, . . . . . . . . 20.3

CHAPTER VI.

Characteristics of the Inhabitants. Pursuits, 8w. Manner of Killing Seals. Shore Fishery. Bank Fishery, &c.

CHAPTER VII.

Fisheries of British America. Rise, Progress, and Present State of these Fisheries. French and United States Fish- eries on the Coast of Newfoundland, Labrador, and the Gulf of St Lawrence. Vast importance of these Fisheries, if exclusively possessed by Great Britain,

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