As the fathers had done before them, so did its inhabitants at the time of my visit.

There was little or no competition in their business; there were no rich men, and none that seemed over-anxious to become so.

Two or three small vessels were annually launched from the carpenters' yards on the river.

It had a blacksmith's shop, with its clang of iron and roar of bellows; a pottery, garnished with its coarse earthen-ware; a store, where molasses, sugar, and spices were sold on one side, and calicoes, tape, and ribbons on the other.

Three or four small schooners annually left the wharves for the St.George's and Labrador fisheries.