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\encon-f to Dr.berswalking Winter 4 pairsof Por* y $5.50 iters or jrs at aed by aendedNOTES OFHOLIDAY RAMBLEtI. C. MORRIS.Chapter XIII.—A Meek at Fo|o MaudFogo ranks next, in commercialstanding, to Twillingate, and its name has long stood for good cure in ourgreat staple industry; and now thatwe have seen the island for ourselvesand have investigated the manner ofcuring, and general handling, we can the better understand why this is so.The reader will please bear in mind that Fogo is an island, and its size is about twelve miles in length and about half as many in width. In this chapter we shall deal with the town of Fogo itself, and simply tell our story as we saw and learned it. We landed at Seal Cove at the public wharf. This cove is on the back of the harbor proper, and is a very convenient port for the steamer to call at. This wharf connects with the harbor and small schooners can pass right on from one place to another by means of a drawbridge, which is a great convenience to the people, and saves many a long row and many a long “tack” for those who have to come around from other parts of the island.We were well received at Fogo and found kind friends at every turn of the road; and whatever of interest the reader may find in these notes much of it is due to the friends whose names we hereafter mention—and we mention them in order as we interviewed them. Being nearest Mr, Hodge's premises we first saw that gentleman. He proved very courteous indeed and gave us quite a chapter of unwritten history of the place. Hepointed out to us the site where was*born the celebrated Pamela Simms, who was renowned for her great beauty and became the wife of Lord xFitzgerald, who filled such a conspicuous place in the troublesome times of Ireland. The Rev. Dr. Pilot has written the sketch of this woman’s life, and all who have read it must have been fascinated in no small decree by her popular, though fickle career. Born under conditions the most humiliating, and raised under circumstances the most humble, she advanced step by step, until at last her influence became a factor in London society; and even in gay Paris itself she was not the least. She had many attractions which drew people to her, but her greatest attraction was her exquisite beauty. During our stay at the island we met children of the name, and we also met people who had never heard of her. The story of Pamela Simms, as told by Dr. Pilot, is well worth reading.1not only because of its local interest, but because of its historic relations.These stories tell the true tale of life, and when the principals are real living characters instead of myths, then the moral of the story becomes all the more valuable.Since reading the story of this noted woman we have learned of a similar one, and one that when written will be equally interesting. We do not intend to tell it now, but we will keep is as a nucleus for our future tour around Notre Dame Bay.Among several other objects of interest that Mr. Hodge showed us were the old ledgers in the office. These go back over a period of two hundred years, during which time the firm has been owned and conducted bymembers of the same family, though under different names. These names were respectively Cox, Slade, Water-man and Hodge. The ledgers contain some ancient entries, and through the kindness of Mr. Hyde, the heac book-keeper, we were given a few extracts. Both Mr. Hodge and Mr. Hyde took every pains to turn up the different entries and show’ them to us. What struck us most of all was the quantity of spirituous liquors that some of the sharemen used. Some of these entries were a repetition o4. so much grog each day. Here is ar illustration: Account of RichardWhite, dating 'iv.m Oct. 15th, 1774, tf Oct. 25th, 1775 78 quarts of rum ant' four gallons of bee:. Another account was simhai to this, and tht name was Jeremiah Coghlan, the entry also stating that the said Jeremiah. Coghlan was the reputed father of Lady Pamela. But of all the entriei we saw’ the most ridiculous to U3 war that, w’here a man bad been charget with four quarts cf lum, w’hich hat been consumed !y mother man, whc was doing i? Tr st man’s w’ork, while he. the fir.4 nvin was drunk. Tht writing in tuese old ledgers is still very plain, ana tny afford a vast chain of quaint Information to those interested In ?u:h matters. Wc thank Mr. Hodge for his great kindness, and if he should happen to sec these notes, he will be satisfied that we have tried to make a little good use of them. This 2 old firms and these old books qi aint and out of date as they are, an Hie commercial foundation stones of Britain beyond the seas, anel they were also the beginning of our own trad-* and commerce; the beginning of life in this Newfoundland of ours—this first-born child of Britain’s colonial expansion.Siw3ol01eistU|hiSetio ■(41SCSiday M l*. the said peri the to n Hereceleavdecisho’mo\Joh:ceivA\\Evemdlt;LiIrsnhoito!elilt;:olo\uhra'oilhe7*0Dste: regi . etu Tohingsiresaviavioui iv voui nKoirSiolhAnelMis:nor•is
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