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COLONIAL REPORTS--MISCELLANEOUS.

No. 54.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

REPORT BY THE GOVERNOR ON A VISIT TO
THE MICMAC INDIANS AT BAY D'ESPOIR.

Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty.
_September, 1908._

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No. 54.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

REPORT BY THE GOVERNOR ON A VISIT TO THE MICMAC INDIANS AT BAY
D'ESPOIR.


THE GOVERNOR TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

  Government House,
    St. John's,
      8th July, 1908.

MY LORD,

I have the honour to inform you that I left St. John's on the 28th May
to visit the settlement of the Micmac Indians at Bay d'Espoir, on the
south coast of this Island.

Bay d'Espoir is a long inlet of the sea, extending up country over a
score of miles. The district is hilly, and is covered by a forest of
rather small trees, spruce and birch, but further inland the hills are
generally bare. There are comparatively few European residents in this
bay.

2. The