CONTENTS. XIX BOOK III. NEWFOUNDLAND . CHAPTER I. PAGE General Description of Newfoundland . Mr Cormack 's Jour¬ ney across the Interior Country. Climate. Soil. Natural Productions, &c............ _ 14,1 CHAPTER II. Sketch of its History, ......... jgj CHAPTER III. Government, and Administration of Justice. Laws. Expenses of the Colony. Value of its Commerce, &c.....175 CHAPTER IV . Description of John's, and other Settlements, . . . .180 CHAPTER V. Strait of Belle Isle . Continent of Labrador . Anticosti. Mag¬ dalene Islands,............ 205 CHAPTER VI . Characteristics of the Inhabitants. Pursuits, &c. Manner of Killing Seals. Shore Fishery. Bank Fishery, &c. . .216 CHAPTER VII . Fisheries of . Rise, Progress, and Present State of these Fisheries. French and United States Fish¬ eries on the Coast of Newfoundland , Labrador , and the Gulf of Lawrence. Vast importance of these Fisheries, if exclusively possessed by Great Britain......334,