202 NEWFOUNDLAND . It is at present tolerably well settled, has places of worship, schools, and some respectable mercantile establishments. The Isle of Boys, near this place, was fortified in 1761 as a place of refuge, while the French had possession of John's. Trepassy (formerly called Abram Trepaza ) is a bay between and . On the west side there is a good harbour. The eastern shoi'es are dangerous to approach. Several families are settled here, who subsist by means of fishing, raising a few cattle, and a little cultivation. West of , opening to the south, are three great bays, namely, Mary's, Placentia, and Fortune. These have within them countless har¬ bours and islands, and contain a scattered, but alto¬ gether a numerous, population. Mary's Bay has several settlements and exten¬ sive cod-fisheries. A salmon-fishery is also carried on. This bay is more than thirty milts deep, and from fifteen to twenty broad. The distance between Salmon river, at its head, to Holyrood , at the head of , is about ten miles, and from Collinet, another branch, to , about eight miles. is also full of harbours and islands. It is about sixty miles deep, and about forty-five miles broad from Mary's to Corbin Head, and from twenty to thirty miles broad at different places farther up. There is excellent cod-fishing in this bay; salmon abound in its rivers, and herring, &c, frequent it, as well as all these bays, periodically.