Excerpt from An Historical and Descriptive Account of British America, Vol. 2 of 2: Comprehending Canada, Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New-Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas and the Fur Countries Situation and Extent - Character of the Coast - Fisheries. Forests. Early Voyages. Sir Humphrey Gilbert. His Equi ment. Adventures on the V0 age - Transactions in New oundland. - Loss of his lar t such - Final Catastro phe. - French Voyages. - Nova otia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.