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s ce ne s i n other par-ts of t he vor -Id , made familiar to u s by pe n and br-ush of
t.eLent.ed, patriotic poets and artists , whi ch vou'ld in r eal i t y bear but e poor
compar-Lson with our own lovely Bay of Expl oi ts.
But it would t a ke volumes to
descr-Ibe it i n detei l , eve n i f any language were equal to the t.e sk , Fourteen miles
up the Run the Bay quickly nar-r-ows to about s i x miles an d 8
large vedge- eha ped isl
an d (Thwar t Island) laying in t he cent r e l eave s t wo mai n en trances t o the estuary,
one on either s ide . That on the ve st, sdd e a nd be t veen the i sla nd a nd the main
l and , i s t he one u su a1 1y res orted t o . Once pa s t Thwart I slBnd an d 8 10\01 point
opposite the main l a nd , calle d the point of the bay, ve are f airly \li t h! n t he:
estuary . Rieht ahe ad , on the Sou t h side , 8 deep cove ( Y,lli~ e ) is seen, whe re
a t hriving set.t.Iemen t. , with its ne at. , white cot t ag es, ope ns out t o vi ew . A penin-
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aula j ut ting out from Kite Cove has on i t s outer shor e a l ong , 10w J sa ndy sp i t ,
wi th a shoe I r e a ching off nearly acros s the Ar m. This Le Lover Sandy Point 8 ve ry
pret t y spot . I m-seddeteIy behi nd It, on the pe ni nsul a , t here i ~ a peculiarly sha ped
hill call ed C~l. I t bears a s t riking r -ese mb'la nce t o a canoe dovn-edde-up,
A wi de open arm (N~m) l ays di r ect l y oppos dte on t he ....es t snde , I t has
quite 8 large and t hri vi ng se ttlement . The l a nd her e being ve r i- good, t he inh3bi t--
ants , a s ve H. as t hose of Ki t e Cove ,
c ombine eg r-Lcu 'ltur-e with fishing , and a r e very
ccafor-teb'le , _Se.ve r a l of. .t w"I1_Rre schooner- owner-a, who pr-ose cute the fi r>hery on t he
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labrador in SUJDm"!r t i mfl. They f ind, on t he i r r-etur -n, the c li tM~e up here ve ry euch
mor e f'ev ot-abke f or the drying a nd curing of fi sh than on t he fog-begirt out side
ebcre , Ca i n Point has a nothe r nice eet.t.Ieeent. , a nd Bur nt Arm, an othe r point, whi ch