200 NEWFOUNDLAND . largest of which is , close to which is Twillingate, the most northerly of the English settlements. This bay, and its river—which is the largest in Newfoundland —have been the scenes of various rencounters with the Red Indians, from which circumstance the name of Exploits is said to have been given. The bays of Notre Dame, , and , situated between and the north¬ ernmost point of Newfoundland , are deep gulfs, with numerous harbours and islands, but with few settlers. The whole of the west coast of Newfoundland , north of the bay of George, is unsettled, although some of the lands are the best on the island. At the bay of Port au Port there is plenty of coal. of Islands receives three fine rivers, one of which, called the Humber, runs out of a large lake* Far¬ ther north is , which branches into two arms ; and then follow several small coves, bays., and rivers, for about sixty miles, where the Bay of Igno- rachoix, containing three harbours, enters the island. A few miles nearer the strait of Belle Isle , John's Bay is situated, containing several islands, and receiving the waters of Castor river, which flows through about thirty miles of country. The lands about this bay are mountainous. The coast, for about thirty miles north, is indented with small * This lake is only known to the Indians, who describe it as sixty miles long. There is a dark-grey marble found at Bay of Islands.