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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
173
FOOTNOTES:
[A]
The
spot
chosen
as
the
terminus
of
the
Atlantic
cable,
with
the
views
around
it--both
on
the
water
and
on
land--is
thus
described
by
a
correspondent:
"All
who
have
visited
Trinity
Bay,
Newfoundland,
with
one
consent
allow
it
to
be
one
of
the
most
beautiful
sheets
of
water
they
ever
set
eyes
upon.
Its
color
is
very
peculiar--an
inexpressible
mingling
of
the
pure
blue
ocean
with
the
deep
evergreen
woodlands
and
the
serene
blue
sky.
Its
extreme
length
is
about
eighty
miles,
its
breadth
about
thirty
miles,
opening
boldly
into
the
Atlantic
on
the
northern
side
of
the
island.
At
its
south-western
shore
it
branches
into
the
Bay
of
Bull's
Arm,
which
is
a
quiet,
safe,
and
beautiful
harbor,
about
two
miles
in
breadth,
and
nine
or
ten
in
length,
running
in
a
direction
north-west.
"The
depth
of
water
is
sufficient
for
the
largest
vessels.
The
tide
rises
seven
or
eight
feet,
and
the
bay
terminates
in
a
beautiful
sand-beach.
The
shore
is
clothed
with
dark
green
fir-trees,
which,
mixed
with
birch
and
mountain-ash,
present
a
pleasing
contrast.
The
land
rises
gradually
from
the
water
all
around,
so
as
to
afford
one
of
the
most
agreeable
town
sites
in
the
island.
You
ascend
only
about
a
quarter
of
a
mile
from
the
water,
and
there
are
no
longer
trees,
but
wild
grass
like
an
open
prairie.
Here
are
found
at
this
season
myriads
of
the
upland
cranberries,
upon
which
unnumbered
ptarmigan,
or
the
northern
partridge,
feed.
"The
raspberry,
bake-apple
berry,
and
the
whortleberry
are
also
common.
Numerous
little
lakes
may
be
seen
in
the
open,
elevated
ground,
from
which
flow
rivulets,
affording
abundance
of
fine
trout.
After
ascending
for
about
a
mile
and
a
half,
you
are
then
probably
three
hundred
or
four
hundred
feet
above
the
tide,
and
nothing
can
exceed
the
beauty
of
the
scene
when,
at
one
view,
you
behold
the
placid
waters
of
both
Trinity
and
Placentia
Bays--the
latter
sprinkled
with
clusters
of
verdant
islands.
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