Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-29

the restfulpss and beauty Of the matches scene
70 the est can be nowhere exceled- Naje~ticsIly
parting = few miles below 70 wash me los.,r
Shores OF the villa-covered Isle OF Orlesns To
tne south ana . retching Tar % the f00t-niils
villages Of The happy, p'ous Aa6aiaas 10
tne north the eye ranges along the gleam-
valley OF the Charles River, between which "a
The city the brave out tllstarred Arnald ten
wounded II the head Of his hali-staryed Iroops
MountaiaS Aud IN the Tar distance through the
gray, natterng clouds above the 1rOus Falls Of
konunorcnci. 10 caught a faint glimpse of ne
dark outlines OF grim Old Cape Tourmente Over
all IKE the witch-wands OF . dream, ever hover
gently floating. delic ste threads OF mist end
ls~sly changing IN color. texture, and phantom
like seeming. Il In eened,ctloa OF ancl-nt ana
forgotten herolsm, martyrdOm. and glory. Fur
here on the kock OF 2leoec once noanshed the
the American continent from Newfoundland 10
ErRorrwaKn.
once aboard your steamer sailing Europeward
until the nsl plunge INTO The SEA al Belle Isle Is
made. such splendid scenes are presented a. might
MI an enhancing and nOble volume Proud a. You
may De OF the glorious face 90 nature Ia our own
country, the lower 81 Lawrence the mighty reach
OF Anticosu Island. the ghostly hradlands ~ New
ioundland, aud Tie sublime cOasIs OF Labrador
behind whicn- In the awful North. sileace SITS
frozen AT the feet OF God, present scenes ana con-
temptations impossible vi such cOntinutv of RAJ
nation IN our own country, though In Individual
Instances they MAY possibly De surpassed.
mel region Is the French shore" u New
foundland, over ioO miles OF when was visible
frum our steamers deck. By the treaties OF TIA
1888, and l7s3, Great Britain conceded the mat
10 The French, then ana sttl In possession OF the
most productive fishing grounds OF Newfoundland,
10 catch ana cure nsh erect habttatlOns and trad
Ing stores and Practically exclusively occupy the
lana and sea along these shores. They have With
wonderIui tenaclty ana THRIFT chung 20 aud largely
extended Their original privileges The TERRITORIAL
concrssion extends from cape Kay on the New
founiland southwest coast, north along The entire
western shore. wholly around the great northern
arm past the Belle Isle s,raIl SEPARATING IL nun
Labi ador, and souta again on lls eastern shore
around The Inas nincent White BY, 70 cape 81
THIS undoubtedly comprises the most giga and
endlessy profitable nshing privilege on the globe.
While there are scattered
pMRuTI skiTisn COLONIES
along the coasts, the population Is almost wholly
Frnch-cirizens Of q foreign power perpetually
occupying neutral ground within TIE domain OF
a government debarred IRON exercising lurI.aitc-
lon or establishing laws The situation would
seem 10 be an anomaly an the relations nations:
and added Interest Is given % the region from the
facts that both the east and west shores where
these humble French fishermen live thcir almost
silent hyee are nearly exempt from logs; possess
al exceptionally me climate for the latitude;
and that these strange ana Isolated peOple have
for nearly Two centuries existed IN absolute peace
without authority OF laws, save such as NAV have
bcen yielded by Common consent 10 their priests
and cergy men. In THIS the most nOrtarrh route
10 EurODe, there II an almost startling con
sciousncss and fascination, at nrst reallza-
Ion, In the knowle1se. especially n a. be known
rs You are passing an occasional wandering,
gnoSIly Iceberg. that n leaving Belle Isle You
are less than zoo miles run the haunts vi the
kSquimauN, anu that your steamers c0urse Laws
oul 100 mics south OF Greenland But IN l,U4O
miles distance, and lees than i've days uIne IrOm
losing sight OF Belle Isle, Tue ancient Isle Of
Demons, where The dolorous Lady Marguerite
languished. you have sighted the heather-C0yered
heigh1s of weird Odd Donegal on the northwest
lrsh coast; and IN q few hours more swaylng
aud bounding In a wild Irish Jaunung-car beneath
the massive gates and within the historic
the olden acropolis OF northern Ireland the
Gent CITY Of Londonderry.
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