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'Y^O paint the lily is, in Shakspeare' s 7vords^ wasteful 
 and ridiculous excess. To sketch the land of poetry and 
 romance made immortal in Longfelloiv' s " Evangeline " is, 
 similarly, but a vain attempt to gild refined gold. 
 
 Yet this little book has its excuse. The American poet, 
 ivho transmuted into an exquisite idyll the story that 
 Hawthorne cast aside^ never visited the Land of Acadie^ 
 ** hotne of the happy, "" He was content to draw all the 
 familiar Cuyp-like pictures, zohose mellow radiance is so 
 well-known to us in the pages of the poem^ from his 
 imagination. They are pictures of a poetic land* 
 
 It will be well at once to say that the reality outstrips the 
 picture. Who that has looked upon its vistas of apple 
 orchards, a very ocean of white blossom, or has enjoyed the 
 beauties of landscape and seascape visible frofn Blomidon^s 
 brow, can parallel its glories elsewhere ? 
 
 There is a life-giving vigor in the air, Sunshitie does 
 not bring languor, Italian skies and temperate days make 
 of the Nova Scotian summer a time of rest and refreshings 
 
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The land is redolent of romantic times^ and wandering 
 through its highways and by-ways the traveler finds comfort 
 wedded to health-restoring relaxation* 
 
 These pa^es are made as short as possH}le. ** The Land 
 of Evangeline " needs no guide. Familiarity only freshens 
 its beauties^ which are haloed for ever by 
 
 " The light that never was on sea or land— 
 The consecration and the poet's dream, " 
 
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 LAND OF EVANGELINE ^' 
 
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 ^HE most popular line of travel to the American, 
 Canadian, and European tourist desirous of making 
 acquaintance with the picturesque scenery, varied resources, 
 and health-giving air of Nova Scotia, is that so well- 
 known as the ** Land of Evangeline " Route. This 
 *' charmed country" is traversed by the Windsor and 
 Annapolis Railway, which, beginning at Halifax, the 
 capital of the province, connects at Annapolis with the 
 Western Counties Railway leading to Yarmouth and 
 with steamships running to St. John, the commercial 
 capital of New Brunswick, and at Yarmouth with the 
 Yarmouth Steamship Company to Boston. The Windsor 
 and Annapolis Railway has been modernised and popular- 
 ised in its equipments, and now furnishes all the luxurious 
 facilities for safe, speedy, and elegant travel that :he best 
 
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 Continental roads can offer. Their parlor-cars, each with 
 a buflfet supplying viands and delicacies galore, are the 
 acme of comfort, convenience, and cosiness, and have been 
 specially built by the Pullman Palace Car Company to run 
 on the magnificent train which has now fixed itself in the 
 popular affections as *^ The Flying Bluenose." 
 
 Before boarding «* The Flying Bluenose " at Halifax, 
 the tourist should make' himself familiar with the 
 sights of the city. It abounds in many attractions to 
 the student of <history or military and naval sciences, 
 as well as to the lover of nature. The beauties of 
 Halifax, with its magnificent harbor, noble scenery, and 
 public parks and gardens, have always excited the 
 admiration of intelligent and cultured strangers from 
 all quarters of the globe. It is the chief military and 
 naval station of Great Britain on the North American 
 Continent. The British Government has spent millions 
 of dollars in building massive and impregnable fortifica- 
 tions commanding every avenue of approach from the 
 sea. At the mouth of the harbor lies MacNab's Island, 
 a well-wooded and picturesque spot, constituting a 
 veritable paradise for picnickers in the summer season. 
 
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 is St. George's Island, which rises like an emerald gem 
 upon the bosom of the waters, and seems to have been 
 placed there by nature ')r the special purpose of being 
 turned into a fortificatioii for the protection of the city. 
 This has been taken advantage of by the British Govern- 
 ment, and some of the heaviest guns which military 
 ingenuity has been able to produce have been placed 
 there. At York Redoubt, a massive granite promontory 
 commanding the western entrance to the harbor, and at 
 Point Pleasant other gigantic fortifications have been 
 erected, while the citadel, rising up from the heart of 
 the city and commanding its approaches from every 
 direction, seems to say to the enemy, able to pass all 
 the other grim sentinels — " Thus far shalt thou come, but 
 no farther." 
 
 The view from Citadel Hill presents an extensive and 
 varied scope of landscape and waterscape worth traveling 
 many miles to see. The harbor is acknowledged to be 
 one of the finest of the world, and is a rendezvous in 
 times of peace for the fleets of all nations when cruising 
 from sea to sea. It is no unusual sight in Halifax harbor 
 to see squadrons of American, French, and German men- 
 of-war anchored side by side with those of Great Britain* 
 
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 The combined navies of the world could find room enough 
 in this spacious and magnificent sheet of water to safely 
 ride at anchor. For yachting, boating, bathing, and all 
 kinds of aquatic sports it presents unsurpassed facilities. 
 The Halifax dockyard covers fourteen acres, being one of 
 the finest in the British Colonies. 
 
 Halifax was founded by Lord Cornwallis in 1749, and 
 is rich in historical associations and traditions connected 
 with the wars and struggles which have marked the settle- 
 ment of this Continent, and the military and naval history 
 of Great Britain during the last ;entury and a half. It 
 contains many noble public buildings and beautiful private 
 residences. It is noted for its philanthropic spirit and 
 generous hospitality to strangers, and is a favorite resort 
 of Americans in search of a cool, healthful, and pleasurable 
 resort during the hot months in summer, which are so 
 enervating and unbearable in the sun-baked cities of our 
 cousins across the border. 
 
II. 
 
 q^HE traveler leaves Halifax with regret, but when he 
 takes passage for the ** Land of Evangeline " by the 
 Windsor and Annapolis Railway, his regret is soon 
 swallowed up in the delights that he meets in the first 
 ten miles of his journey, as he sits in the parlor-car 
 and sees a majestic panorama unfolded of nature's noblest 
 handiwork. He skirts along the picturesque sinuosities 
 of the western shore of Bedford Basin, a glorious sheet ol 
 water, almost land-locked, ten miles in length, and from 
 five to eight in breadth, smooth as a mirror and shining in 
 the morning sun, reflecting the wooded hills which every- 
 where surround it, here and there flecked with pleasant 
 cottages and pretty gardens. 
 
 At Bedford, the head of this enchanting scene, there 
 are excellent hotels, and the sportsman can find plenty of 
 good fishing and shooting ground, if disposed to linger 
 there at the proper seasons of the year. From Bedford 
 almost to Windsor he passes through scenery of a 
 rugged though not unattractive character, where there are 
 lakes abounding in fish, and forests filled with game. 
 & ~-^-, iiic ivMixoi jnriii iiuu many mmgs to 
 
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 attract him and he will probably elect to spend a lew days 
 there. It is a delightful town embowered among trees, 
 and has many wealthy inhabitants and charming private 
 residences. It is the seat of King's College, the oldest 
 University on the Continent still existing which was estab- 
 lished by Royal Charter. It has turned.out from its portals 
 during its century of existence many men who have been 
 famous in arts and arms, literature, statesmanship, and juris- 
 prudence. Here stands what was once the home of " Sam 
 Slick," who, though a Nova Scotian, is generally conceded 
 to have been the father of the American school of humor. 
 -• Here also stand the remains of Fort Edward, which 
 played a conspicuous part in the old fights between the 
 French and English, and in skirmishes with the Indians. 
 The Avon river, famous for its ruddy waters and high tides, 
 runs beside this town, its alluvial deposits, brought up from 
 the Bay of Fundy, imparting fertility to the wide stretches 
 of valuable marsh lands which line its classic banks. 
 Windsor is famous for its gypsum quarries, and among the 
 ship-owning ports of Canada takes a leading place. It 
 stands at the head of the world-famous orchard region of 
 Nova Scbtia,whereone can drive for many miles at a 
 stretch under apple blossoms. This fruitful region, known 
 as the Cornwallis and Annapolis Valleys, is a belt of land 
 
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 about one hundred miles in length, and from seven to ten 
 in breadth, sheltered between two mountain ranges, which 
 shield the orchards from the winter winds and fogs, and 
 thus afford every climatic advantage for the development 
 and ripening of all kinds of fruit that grow in the temperate 
 zone. 
 
 Apple culture is the principal fruit industry of the 
 Annapolis Valley, but plums, pears, peaches, grapes, 
 cherries, and all kinds of small fruits are successfully grown 
 in this remarkably prolific region. 
 
 Apple culture was first introduced into the Annapolis 
 Valley by the French in or about the year 1633. It is 
 stated that some of the trees planted by them still live 
 and bear fruit though over a century old. The early 
 efforts of the French were followed by those of settlers 
 from the New England States, attracted hither by the 
 beauty of the scenery and the fertility of the soil. 
 These men brought knowledge and experience in horti- 
 culture from their native homes, and the evidences of 
 their thrift and industry still abound in the noble orchards 
 of their descendants. They settled in several parts of the 
 valley in considerable numbers in 1760, and though they 
 have long since passed away their works live after them. 
 
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 Their efforts were in turn supplemented by those of the 
 United Empire LoyahV ^, or »* refugees," as they were 
 called, who leff Iheir he i a variout parts of the New 
 England States, tathier than akc ap arms against the 
 mother country. The present production of apples alone 
 in this valley runs ifito hundreds of thousands of barrels 
 a year, and the industry is capable of aliii^st infinite 
 expansion. 
 
 Judge Weatherbe, of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 
 has shown his personal faith in the enterprise by planting 
 an orchard containing some 5,000 trees, where he has also 
 erected a fine summer residence of a unique style of 
 architecture, named <*St. Ealalie," taking his cue from 
 Longfellow's ** Evangeline :" — 
 
 " ' Suns, dc of ^t. Eulalie ' v/as she called ; for that was the sunshine 
 
 Whic>t, as the farmers believed, would load their orchards with 
 apples." 
 
 Judge Weatherbe estimates that if all available land in 
 this valley were, as it will be in this generation, put under 
 cultivation, it is capable of producing fruit to the annual 
 value of $30,000,000. 
 
III. 
 
 'T^HE scenery of this charming section of country is^of 
 •*• the most delightful description imaginable, presenting 
 new combinations from point to point as the train rolls 
 on. Shortly after we leave Windsor, Cape Blomidon looms 
 up, a magnificent promontory with leonine aspect grimly 
 guarding the Basin of Minas and holding watch over a 
 land singularly rich in history, tradition, legend, poetry, 
 and romance. Near Horton Landing and Wolfville lies 
 the lovely " Gaspereau Valley." The view from the top 
 of Blomidon, which the tourist may ascend without much 
 difficulty, is grand to the point of sublimity. Seven 
 counties of Nova Scotia are visible to the naked eye from 
 its summit, and the shores of New Brunswick may be 
 seen across the waters of the ever-rolling Bay of Fundy 
 Viewed in any light, and from any point, Cape Blomidon 
 fills the mind with a sense of grandeur — 
 
 ** A precipice, 
 ** That seems a fragment of some mighty wall, 
 " Built by the hand that fashioned the old world 
 " To separate its nations." 
 Not far from its base lies the spot rendered classic by the 
 genius of Longfellow in a poem as imperishable as the 
 English language. 
 
 
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 *' In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of 
 ** Minas, 
 
 " Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand 
 
 ** Lay in the fruitful valley." 
 
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 " Down the long street she passed with her chaplet of 
 
 " beads and her missal, 
 " Wearing her Norman cap, and her kirtle of blue, 
 
 ** and the ear-rings 
 
 ** Brought in the olden times from France." 
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 •^ This is the forest primeval, but where are the hearts 
 
 " that beneath it 
 " Leaped like the roe, when he hears in the woodland 
 " the voice of the huntsman ? " 
 There are still many traces of the work of that band of 
 French settlers whose history is the saddest and most 
 melancholy recorded in the annals of history and romance 
 The dykes they built with patient toil, reclaiming a magni- 
 ficent heritage from the sea, still remain and will stand 
 for all ages a permanent monument to their industry and 
 thrift. 
 
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 Among the historic sights ^o be seen from the car 
 windows are the locations of the well beside which Basil, 
 father of Gabriel, erected his forge ; of the old parish 
 church, the bell of which summoned the ill-fated in- 
 habitants to their doom ; and, later, of the narrow lane 
 in which Colonel Noble and his gallant band of seventy 
 followers were surprised in the early hours of morning 
 during a Winding snowstorm and massacred. These 
 can be pointed out to the tourist by the courteous train 
 officials. From the cars also may be seen the spot 
 whence the unhappy little colony, doomed to exile, em- 
 barked on their ill-fated and distressful buffetings with 
 adverse fortune. A few days spent at Wolfville, a lovely 
 and thriving university town, having good hotel accom- 
 modation, brings the tourist in touch with the historic past, 
 and gives him a refreshing glimpse of the living present 
 under the most favourable conditions. Acadia College 
 is one of the most flourishing educational institutions in 
 Canada. 
 
 Kentville is soon reached, a pretty town located in the 
 midst of the most seductive scenery. It is the shire town 
 of the fertile county of Kings, and is the head-quarters 
 of the Windsor and Annapolis Railway Comnanv th.i. 
 
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 chief offices and workshops being located here. The air 
 IS bracing and salubrious, and trips into the surrounding 
 country in any direction will always reward the tourist by 
 the exquisite scenery which presents itself to his admiring 
 gaze. The streams in the vicinity abound in fish, and the 
 disciple of Izaak Walton may here revel in a paradise 
 apparently specially created for him. 
 
 *' 'Tis sweet to feel the plastic rod, 
 " With top and butt elastic, 
 " Shoot the line in coils fantastic 
 ** Till, like thistle-dow:r the fly 
 ** Lightly drbps upon the water, 
 ** Thirsting for the finny slaughter, 
 ** As I angle 
 " And I dangle, 
 " Mute and sly. 
 ** Then I gently shake the tackle, 
 ** Till the barbed and fatal hackle 
 '* In its tempered jaws shall shackle 
 " That old trout, so wary grown. 
 " Now I strike him ! joy ecstatic ! 
 " Scoring runs ! leaps acrobatic ! 
 " So I angle, 
 ** So I dangle, 
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 Should the tourist prefer the gun to the rod to satisfy 
 his sportsmanlike instincts, all he has to do is to visit 
 Kentville in the autumn and he can have his fill of 
 woodcock, partridge, snipe, and duck shooting. 
 
 In the very heart of the Land of Evangeline, beneath 
 the shadow of Blomidon, with a far-stretching strip of 
 golden beach and the orchards extending for miles on 
 every side, only lost to the sky by a cooling range of 
 hills shutting out the horizon on the south, nestles the 
 seaside resort of Kingsport. The Cornwallis Valley 
 Brcnch of the Windsor and Annapolis Railway links 
 this lovely spot with the trunk line at Kentville, the trip 
 from which, fourteen miles, abounds in enchanting and 
 varied scenery. 
 
 The destiny of Kingsport is very plain — a year or so 
 will see it as Tashionable a haunt as any on the New 
 England shores. It is not every day that one can stand 
 on Blomidon's beetling brow and cast his eye over an 
 immense stretch of varied scenery comprising seven 
 counties and sampling every style and description of 
 scenery that the novelty-seeking tourist can wish to 
 look upon. The Bay of Fundy rolls at your feet, while 
 dim in the distance the wooded shore« of New Brunswick 
 loom blue on the horizon. 
 
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 But the supreme pleasure is yet available of sailine 
 beneath the very brow of Blomidon, across the magic 
 waters of the Basin of Minas. storied in legend and 
 song. The Evangeline Navigation Company's elegant 
 steamer "Evangeline" makes daily trips across the 
 Basin to Parrsboro. This glorious sheet of «ater with 
 US distant landscapes is entrancing beyond descrip- 
 tion The trip across is made in an hour and a half 
 
 h^n 'T:J''"^ '" '^''' ''^'^ ^' 'he base of the 
 h.ll are Wo fVlIe (the University town), and at its 
 feet the broad expanse of Grand Pr^ Dyke. Further 
 east ore the settlements of Horton-where the exiles 
 embarked-Avonport, Hantsport, and Windsor. The 
 undulatmg slopes are dotted with happy homes on the 
 most productive farms in the world. Away in the 
 cbstance is the shore of Hants County. Hugging cloo- 
 to the shore on the north-west the traveler begins to 
 gel a proper appreciation of the majestic grandeur of 
 BIom.don, and is seized with an unconquerable desire 
 to spend a few days climbing its rugged sides and enjoying 
 the glorious views to be had from its summit. The run 
 to Parrsboro affords the tourist the most captivating 
 view of the bold shores of Cumberland and Colchester 
 counties. To the north-east is the famous range of the 
 
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 GOLDEN-BEACHED KINGSI'OK'I- 
 
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 Cobcqui<l mountains, and at their feet are the spreading 
 waters ul Cobeqir't Say. There are the Five Islands, 
 and away back in the interior rises up the Sugar Loaf. 
 Rounding Blomidon one gets a splendid view of the 
 sho' J of the North Mountain, of the West Bay, and 
 across the Channel of the Basin almost down to Cape 
 d'Or, where the waters of Fundy flow up into Chignecto 
 Bay. 
 
 A visit to the Land of Evangeline, without this trip 
 across the waters of the land-locked bay, is incomplete. 
 From the sea its beauties take an additional charm. 
 . At Kingsport, the seat of a large shipbuilding industry, 
 some of the largest wooden ships that plough the ocean 
 have been built. Returning to Kentville, and pursuing his 
 way, the tourist is soon in the ** Garden of Nova Scotia," the 
 Annapolis Valley proper, where apple culture reaches its 
 highest point of excellence, and where orchards may be 
 seen which annually raise thousands of barrels o<" the very 
 best specimens of this glorious product of the goddess 
 Pomona. No pen can do justice to the gorgeous scenery, 
 the rich pastoral beauty, of this marvellous section of Nova 
 Scotia. There are mountains on either hand, still crowned to 
 the summits with magnificent forests, in summer presenting 
 different shades of green from the lightest to the most 
 
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 sombre ; in autumn unsurpassingly variegated and brilliant, 
 dressed in all the colors of the rainbow. The peaceful and 
 fruitful valley lies between. The tourist may be pardoned 
 for imagining himself in Eden, and he is scarcely taken 
 by surprise when a train official in stentorian tones an- 
 nounces the name of one of the stations as " Paradise." 
 
 But before this point is reached, and after passing 
 Cambridge, Berwick, Aylesford, and Kingston, all interest- 
 ing and thriving towns, we arrive at Middleton, a good 
 stopping place for the tourist, as he can there, if he 
 wishes, take a trip by the Nova Scotia Central Railway 
 to Bridgewater and Lunenburg on the Atlantic coast, 
 lovely scenery greeting his eyes on every hand. Near 
 Middleton are the romantic and fascinating Falls in the 
 Nictaux River, one of the prettiest streams in the province. 
 ** In joy and gladness on ye go, 
 
 ** My country's pleasant streams, 
 ** And oft through scenes as fair ye flow, 
 
 ** As bless the Toet's dreams. 
 ** Through narrow gorges here you foam, 
 
 ** There down the valley rove, 
 ** Like youths who leave a pleasant home, 
 •< The world's delights to prove.** 
 
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IV. 
 
 VTO visitor to the Annapolis Valley should fail to enjoy 
 "••^ some of the entrancing views **over the Mountain 
 to the Shore " of the Bay of Fundy. Among the most 
 delightful trips are those from Kentville to the **Look 
 Off " near the summit of Blomidon, whence is had 
 one of the most magnificent views to be found on 
 the Continent ; and from the mineral springs at 
 Wilmot, through the apple region of Melvern Square, 
 up through the '* Mountain Gorge" to Port George. 
 The iron mines at Torbrook should also be visited. 
 At Torbrook, on the slopes of the south mountain, 
 three and a half miles from Wilmot, girt in by a forest 
 of hemlocks with sun-bathed hills on the north glinting 
 at intervals through the vista of trees, have been erected 
 extensive plant and machinery, sufficient to cope in the 
 meantime with a fast expanding enterprise, which owes 
 its origin to the thriving Torbrook Iron Company, and 
 something of development to the Windsor and Annapolis 
 Railway's branch that links the mines with their markets. 
 It must be a revelation to many to know that Torbrook 
 
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 is as charming a spot as any i„ the province. Below 
 fenced between the hills, i« the fertile Annapolis Valley.' 
 On every side as you near Wilmot the land is studded 
 with orchards. A large portion of the Torbrook branch 
 has been built right through a thick growth of trees 
 w.th heavy cuttings here and there. As the sandstone 
 rock crops up to the surface, those geologically constituted 
 can trace the lay of the strata with their romantic tale 
 of old world's history. It is an old formation. The 
 eye of retrospective science can discern the day when 
 the marvellously fertile Annapolis Valley was a bay of 
 the sea; and its soil-half loam, half sand-is full of 
 vestiges of creation. But the n.an who loves a tree for 
 us own sake, and not for its carboniferous possibilities 
 must confess with a sigh of pleasure that the Torbrook 
 woods are just a perfect place for a picnic. The trip 
 -s delightful enough :hrough the Land of Evangeline 
 and he would be foolish who would dispute old 
 Blomidon-s beauties, but Torbrook has a little of every- 
 thmg-hiU, wood, and glen-ai d is thus unique. We 
 are now far up the hillside, three or four hundred feet 
 above the level of the sea. We have been feasting our 
 esthetic senses on the beauties of the scene, when all 
 
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 at once our philistine money-making interests are 
 awakened into active life by our being rushed out of 
 the silent depths of the trees into the heart of a busy 
 hive of toiling men, with the hum of rapidly revolving 
 wheels everywhere and the restless snorting of engines. 
 Mining has been carried on in the Torbrook mines for 
 some time, but its output has of late largely increased. 
 It has infinite possibilities. The vein is very rich, the 
 ore containing something between filty-five and sixty 
 per cent, of iron. In the days when probably our simian 
 ancestors did not know what it was to discuss reciprocity 
 on a hotel veranda, the South mountains had a hot time 
 of it. It must have been a long time in the melting-pot 
 of creation. To the nose of science it smells, like Scotch 
 theology, of the gridiron : hence, most likely, the purity 
 of the Torbrook hematite and of Scotch theology. The 
 apparatus and equipment of the Torbrook mines are of 
 the latest type and the best that science can produce and 
 money can buy. No sign is wanting to the experienced 
 eye to prove that the field of hematite below this Eden 
 on the hillside is alike valuable and exhaustible only 
 after many years of working. It is beyond^ doubt that 
 the Annapolis Valley must attract within the next few 
 
 years a population that will render it the trarden nf ^h. 
 
 g-^ — — ^ 
 
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 world. Four-fifths of the land yet awaits energetic 
 tillage. Industries are starting up in many of the corners. 
 Development will come with vast strides. Torbrook is 
 a big witness in evidence. 
 
 Continuing the journey, surrounded by the most 
 bewitching scenery, we soon reach that old historic 
 town, Annapolis Royal. This is the oldest town ever 
 founded by Europeans on the American Continent, the 
 only possible competitor being St. Augustin in Florida. 
 Annapolis was settled in 1605 by the French explorer 
 De Monts, and played a very conspicuous part in the 
 stirring events connected with the struggle for the 
 possession of Acadia between England and France, 
 which was waged with varying fortunes for upwards of a 
 century after its foundation. After the possession of 
 Acadia was ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty oi 
 Utrecht in 17 13, Annapolis continued for three-quarters 
 of a century the chief naval station and head-quarters of 
 the British in the Atlantic provinces of British North 
 America. Its historical associations are therefore of a 
 most interesting character, and the student traveler, as 
 well as the searcher after health and the beautiful and 
 picturesque in nature, will find much that is fascinating 
 around and about this ancient landmark of histor". 
 
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 The veneraMe remains of what were in its <,ay massive 
 forfhcations ...uy yet be found, l^aring testimony to the 
 herce sieges to which it was many times subjected. 
 
 Annapolis Royal is located at the head of Annapolis 
 Kastn, that glorious sheet of water upon which De Monts 
 gazed with admiration as he sailed through Digby 
 Out, and which appears to have been scooped out 
 by the waters of the Bay of Fundy cutting their 
 way through a gorge in the mountain, until a channel 
 half-a-mile wide was chiseled out. From Annapolis 
 a short and delightful sea-trip can be made by means 
 of the magnificent and favorite steamer, the " City of 
 Monticello," to St. John, New Brunswick, whence 
 easy access can be had to all parts of New England 
 and of the Dominion. 
 
 Annapolis Basin is twenty miles long and from two 
 to ten miles wide, and nestles at the foot of the mountains 
 which are separated near Digby only by the Gut. The 
 railway line skirts the south shore of this marvellous sheet 
 of water, rivaling in beauty and variety of panorama the 
 most famous waterscapes of Switzerland, Italy, and Scotland 
 The Bear River is crossed by a bridge ninety feet high and 
 nearly half-a-mile long. The noted watering resort „f 
 Digby attords bathing, boating, yachting, shooting, inland 
 
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 and deep-sea fishing, with delightful walks and drives, 
 mountain and seashore views. 
 
 From Digby the traveler is whirled through the French 
 
 Acadian districts to the thriving town of Yarmouth, where 
 
 .the tourist with regret bids adieu to the "Land of 
 
 Evangeline," and embarks on the splendid steamers 
 
 '* Yarmouth " or *< Boston '* for 
 
 "THE HUB OF THE UNIVERSE." 
 
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 . 
 
 FISHING WATERS 
 
 ALONG THE LINE OF THE 
 
 Wiiidsor \ Ainapolis Railwaij \ Branclies. 
 
 
 Annapolis. Annapolis river and bay, one to five miles; 
 Liverpool head lakes, ten to twelve miles ; all good ; sea 
 bass, cod, haddock, herring, salmon, and trout, plentiful 
 in season ; baits used—clams, herring, worms, flies, etc. ; 
 June and September best for trout ; July and August for 
 bass; June and July for salmon ; hotels, $1-25 to $2 per day; 
 guides, $1 per day: trout-fishing is best in the lakes and 
 streams ten to twelve miles distant, from last of May to 
 last of June ; September is best month with the fly. The 
 Annapolis river, near Lawrencetown station, yields at 
 times fair salmon fishing ; try for them from the last of 
 June to July 15th. 
 
 Round Hill. Lovett brook, near station ; salmon and 
 trout ; . salmon most numerous ; usual lures ; May and 
 
 Tune best : 0'm'dr'«: nf low nh-yrrra 
 
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 Bridgetown. " Snells," seventeen miles ; Lake Alma 
 
 s.xeen miies Mitchell's brook, nineteenmi.es; Klbow". 
 
 e:ght m.les ; Paradise lake, eight miles , Birch Hill, six 
 
 m.les ; Long lake, twelve miles ; McGill's Meadow, twenty- 
 
 wo„.les; about equally good ; trout; usual baits used, 
 
 d.ffer.ng according to the time of year ; March, May, and 
 
 unc best; hotels*, to «,.5o per day; guides J.-s;: 
 day, .ncluding horse ; boats free. Other waters frm 
 smeen to twenty-four miles distant aflord excellent trout- 
 
 Paradise. Annapolis river, near station ; Starratt 
 brook near station ; Paradise river, half-mile ; Ea 
 Branch three mile. ; Paradise lake, five miles ; Lily ,ak 
 ve mdes; Eel Weir lake, six miles ; Paradisl river and 
 branches best; salmon, trout, perch, etc. ; trout most 
 numerous ; artificial flies, worms, etc., used for baits ; May 
 s best, but ,ood until September ; hotels reasonable, and 
 
 lidesr ; "'""'""^^^'^'-^^--k; 
 
 guides about «i per day ; boats and bait n.oderate 
 
 lawrencetown. Annapolis river, quarter-mile • 
 arZtrf''^'^^""""- ^"^^"-"^^-^; salmon' 
 
 : r mI :~: ;::: r r r- - -- 
 
 . y '°June best, hotels at reasonable rates- 
 guides, boats, etc., at moderate cost. 
 
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 Middleton. Trout lake, eleven miles ; Darlings lake 
 twelve miles ; Annapolis river, quan*u.ilo ; Niclaux river, 
 three-quarter mile; Lily lake, three miles; Nictaux river 
 best ; trout and perch, the first most numerous ; flies usually; 
 May. June, and July best ; hotels, Jrjo per day ; guides, 
 «l per day ; boats and bait readily procured. The trout 
 in Nictaux river run large and are abundant. 
 
 Wilmot. Annapolis river and Black river quarter- 
 mile to four miles ; Walker's brook, three miles ; Nietaux 
 river, four miles ; lakes and rivers on South Mountain 
 five to fifteen miles ; last mentione.l are best ; salmon, 
 trout, and perch ; trout most numerous ; worms generally 
 used as bait ; March and all the summer months best • 
 Wilmot Hot<.t $1 ,5 per day; board can be procured 
 at this place in private houses on reasonable terms. 
 Salmon i„ the Annapolis river, and fishing fairly good. 
 
 Kingston. Annapolis river. Walker's brook, Zeak 
 brook and lakes five miles ; first two named best '; trout 
 and salmon ; trout most numerous , worms and flies usual 
 baits; June, August, and September best ; hotels, }l-25 
 per day ; boats not needed, 
 
 Aylesford. Annapolis river, half-mile ; Bay of Fundy, 
 seven miles ; last named best ; herring and codfish in the 
 
so 
 
 Bay of Fundy and trout in Annapolis river ; worms nsed 
 as bait in the latter ; May and June best months ; hotels, 
 507s per day, or Jj per week. 
 
 Berwick. Annapolis river, one mile; Cornwallis 
 nyer, half-mile; Aylesford lake, seven miles ; South river 
 lake, ten miles ; last named best ; trout and salmon ; trout 
 most numerous ; worms and flies used for baits ; May 
 and June best ; hotels, $1 per day. 
 
 Waterville. Comwallis river, quarter-mile ; North 
 nver, s,x miles ; last named best ; trout and salmon ; trout 
 most numerous ; worms and flies usual baits ; Mareh, 
 May, and September best months ; hotels, ^1-25 per day ; 
 guides and boats not needed. 
 
 Cambridge. Comwallis river, near station ; trout • 
 worms usual bait ; May and June best. 
 
 Coldbrook. Comwallis river, quarter-mile; Irout • 
 worms usual bait ; May, June, and August best months.' 
 Ten mdes distant to Hall's harbor ; good fishing grounds 
 for codfish, haddock, pollock, salmon, etc. ; hofek. boat- 
 men, and boats plenUful and cheap. 
 
 Canning. Little river, one mile; trout; worms and 
 flies ; May, June, and July best ; hotels, #1-50 per day. 
 
 Kmgsport. Minas Basin, deep-water fishing; cod 
 halibut, haddock, hake ; bait, herring ; May. June, and' 
 
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 July best; boats and bait at reasonable rates ; hotels, 
 $I'5o per day. 
 
 ^ KentviUe. Cornwallis river, quarter-mile ; Canard 
 river, three miles; Brandy wine river, six miles r Trout 
 river, ten miles ; Salmon Tail river, twelve miles ; North 
 river, twelve miles ; Gaspereaux river, five miles ; Gas- 
 pereaux lakes, seven miles ; West river, accessible ; Gas- 
 pereaux river and lakes are best; salmon and trout; 
 trout most numerous ; flies, minnows, and worms usual 
 baits; June and September best months; hotels, J 1-25 
 to $2 per day; guides and boats can be obtained at 
 moderate rates. Gaspereaux river is best for salmon. 
 
 Port Williams. Gaspereaux river, one-and-a-half 
 miles; salmon and gaspereaux (alewives) principally; 
 artificial flies in use ; last of April, May, and June best ; 
 hotels, J I per day ; guides, $1 per day. 
 
 Wolfville. Minas ])asin, quarter-mile; Davidson 
 lake, eight miles ; Black river, five miles ; Forks river, 
 ten miles ; salmon trout and gaspereaux (alewives) arj 
 plentiful in Gaspereaux river, and trout abound in David- 
 son lake, Black and Forks rivers ; flies and live bait 
 used; May and June best; hotels, Ji'So per day and 
 upwards ; guides, boats, etc., can be had at low rates. 
 Salmon in Gaspereaux river. 
 
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 ^ Grand Pre. Minas Basin, two miles ; Gaspereaux 
 river accessible; gaspereaux (ale wives) etc. ; gaspereaux 
 most numerous ; usual baits ; May and June best. 
 
 Horton landing. Gaspereaux river, one-eighth 
 mile ; Avon river, one-and-a-half miles ; Minas basin, 
 three miles; Avon river best; haddock, codfish, gas- 
 pereaux (ale wives), herring, etc. ; gaspereaux and herring 
 most numerous; herring used as bait; May, June and 
 July best; hotels, $i to #1-50 per day, $5 to #10 per 
 week ; no regular guides ; Mill brook, three miles ; trout 
 numerous. 
 
 Avonport. Avon river and Gaspereaux river, quarter • 
 mile ; first named best ; codfish and herring equally 
 numerous ; herring are used as bait ; May, July, and 
 August are best ; hotels, U per week ; guide, {2 per'day ; 
 boats and bait, $2 per day. Low tides most favorable. 
 
 Falmouth. South branch of river Avon, eight miles : 
 West branch, ten miles ; first named best ; trout and 
 small salmon ; trout most numerous ; flies and worms as 
 baits ; June best month ; boats and bait at small cost 
 
 Windsor. Avon river, one-eighth mile ; Fall brook, 
 four miles; Panuke lakes, eight miles; Stillwater lakes 
 and outlets, thirteen miles ; small lakes in woods about 
 
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4. 
 
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 Stillwater, thirteen to sixteen miles ; Kennetcook, six 
 miles ; Panuke and Stillwater lakes and small lakes about 
 Stillwater best ; tomcods, smelts, gaspereaux (alewives), 
 salmon, trout, perch, and eels ; trout, smelts, gaspereaux, 
 and tomcods most numerous ;, worms and artificial flies 
 used mostly for baits; hotels and boarding-houses Ji to 
 |2 per day, less by the week ; guides at reasonable rates. 
 
 EllershoUSe. Smiley's lake, four miles; Cameron's 
 lake, four miles ; Pine lakes, five miles ; Five Mile lake, 
 three-and-a half miles ; Pine lake best ; trout ; worms 
 and minnows usual bait ; May best ; boats at Five Mile 
 lake ^50 per day. The favorite ground of local 
 angki., ii. Grassy Place in Pine lake. 
 
 Mount Uniacke. Uniacke river, two miles ; Soldier 
 lakes, two-and-a-half miles ; Uniacke lake, one mile ; 
 and several other lakes near ; Soldier lakes best ; troui , 
 worms and flies used for baits ; May and June best ; 
 hotels, $1 per day ; guides at $075 per day. 
 
 Halifax. Paces lake, seventeen miles ; Musquodoboit 
 river, twenty-eight miles ; Musquodoboit harbor, thirty 
 miles ; Fishing lakes or Jeddore river, thirty-three to 
 thirty-eight miles ; these lakes are the best, but you will 
 have to camp out ; sea and lake trout and salmon ; trout 
 
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 most numerous ; flies and worms used ; May and June 
 best for lake trout, and July for sea trout ; hotels, $1*25 
 to $3 per day; guides with boat $150 to $1*75 per day. 
 Indian river, twelve miles by rail is said to be good salmon 
 and trout water, as are also Habley's, fourteen miles; 
 Telfair's, thirteen miles ; Johnson's, twelve miles, and 
 Bouteliei's, ten miles ; the latter for sea trout as well as 
 salmon. Pockwood.lake, twenty miles by team, is said to 
 give good fishing. 
 
THE GAME LAWS 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 MOOSE AND CARIBOU. 
 
 Close season for Moose and Caribou is from 1st 
 February to I4th September, both inclusive — that is to 
 say, they may be hunted upon and after 15th September 
 till and upon the 31st day of January. No person shall 
 have any green meat in his possession, or offer it for 
 sale except in months aforesaid, and the first five days 
 in February ; no matter whether killed in Nova Scotia 
 or not. 
 
 Possession of green meat in close season is presumptivq 
 evidence of its having been killed in close season, by 
 the person in possession of it. 
 
 Any person killing Moose or Caribou shall carry the 
 meat out of the woods within 10 days, but not later in 
 any case than the 5th February. 
 
 Penalty for brerch of foregoing, not less than J50, 
 nor more than J 100 for each offence. 
 
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 No person shall kill in one season more than two 
 Moose and five Caribou under the same penalty. 
 
 SNARES. 
 
 No person shall set or attempt to set any snare or 
 trap for Moose or Caribou : and any person finding a 
 snare or trap may destroy it. Penalty not less than J50, 
 nor more than $80 for each offence. 
 
 The possession of a snare or trap is presumptive 
 evidence that the party intends to set it. 
 
 HUNTING WITH DOGS. 
 
 To hunt, chase, or pursue Moose or Caribou with 
 
 dogs renders the party liable to a penalty of $25 in 
 
 addition to any other penalties for hunting in close 
 
 reason, etc. Any person may kill a dog found huntin£- 
 
 or about to hunt Moose or Caribou. 
 
 BEAVER. 
 
 No person shall hunt for or kill Beaver except in 
 November, December, January, February, and March. 
 Penalty not less than |io, nor more than ^15. 
 
 HARE— RABBIT. 
 
 No person shall hunt or kill, or have in possession. 
 
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 Hares or Rabbits between ist of March and October. 
 No snares shall be set during that period. All snares 
 set shall be taken up. No hedge of greater length than 
 50 feet shall be erected in connection with or between 
 any snare or snares. A space of 100 feet must be left 
 between one hedge and another. Any such illegally 
 set may be destroyed. 
 
 Penalty— Five dollars for each offence. 
 
 Possession after 5th March is presumptive evidence 
 that the samr was illegally taken. 
 
 OTTER, MINK, AND FURRED ANIMALS. 
 
 Close season between 1st May and 1st November. 
 Close season for all other fur animals from 1st April to 
 1st November. 
 
 Animals excepted— the bear, wolf^ loupcervier, wild 
 cat, skunk, racoon, woodchuck, musquash, and fox. 
 
 Penalty— Five dollars for each offence. 
 
 BIRDS. 
 
 Woodcock, snipe, teal.— Close season from March 
 1st to August 20th. No person shall kill any woodcock 
 before sunrise or after sunset. 
 
 Partridp"e — fyrousp.— PJncp 
 
 ft'r\ W\ TA%^m-a^».. ■--4 
 
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 to September 15th. Unlawful to sell, buy, or have in 
 possession during such time. 
 
 Duck.-Unlawful to kill or have in possession any 
 blue-winged ducks during the months of April, May 
 June, and July. * 
 
 The possession of any of the above-mentioned birds 
 in close season is presumptive evidence of unlawful 
 killing by the person in possession of it. 
 
 Penalty. -For killinganyof the above-mentioned birds, 
 not le^s than $5 nor more than $10 for each offence, in 
 addition to $1 for each of such birds killed, taken, or 
 had in possession in close season. 
 
 Pheasants.- Unlawful to take, kill, or have in possession 
 any pheasant at any time of year. Penalty #2. 
 
 LICENSES. 
 
 No person whose domicile is not within Nova Scotia 
 shall kill or hunt any of the above-mentioned animals 
 or birds without having obtained a license. Licenses 
 are sold by the Clerk of Municipality in each county, 
 from the office of the Provincial Secretary, and by the 
 agents of the Game Society appointed in various con- 
 venient places through the Province. 
 
 Licenses shall be in force < nly from August 1st, or 
 the day of their delivery, till \ugust 1st ensuing. 
 
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 License fee— $30 for moose and game, and J 10 for 
 birds. Officers in H. M. S., if members of Game Society, 
 are exempt from payment of any fee, otherwise they 
 shall pay a fee of J5. 
 
 Every holder of a license must produce the same when 
 required by any Justice of the Peace, Game Com- 
 missioner, or officer of Game Society. 
 
 EXPORT OF HIDES, etc. 
 
 Unlawful to export moose or caribou hides from 
 Nova Scotia. Any hides attempted to be exported shall 
 be forfeited. Penalty $5 for each hide. Unlawful to 
 export partridge or woodcock. Penalty J20. 
 
 FISH. 
 
 Salmon.— Close season from August 15th to March ist, 
 except that salmon may be fished for with the fly alone, 
 from February ist to August 15th. From low water 
 nearest 6 o'clock, p.m., of every Saturday, to low water 
 nearest 6 a.m., of every Monday, no one shall fish for 
 salmoii in tidal waters. 
 
 In non-tidal waters frequented by salmon, no one 
 shall fish for any kind of fish between 9 o'clock, p.m., 
 of every Saturday, and 6 o'clock, a m., of the following 
 
 \fQnrlnv. F)rifHnrr and fHnninor frvr calmrkn ic T-krr\lniKifo*i 
 
6o 
 
 Penalty for breach of foregoing provisions, $20 for each 
 offence. 
 
 Trout, etc—Unlawful to fish for, or to have in pos- 
 session, any speckled trout (salvclinus fortinalh), lake 
 trout, or land-locked salmon, l,etween 1st October and 
 1st April. 
 
 Unlawful to fish for Trout by any other means than 
 angling with hook and line. Penalty for breach of fore- 
 going provisions, $20 for each offence. 
 
 Explqsives.-The use of explosives to kill any kind of 
 fish is prohibited under a penalty of $20. 
 
 Bass.— Close season from 1st March to ist October, 
 except that bass may be fished for at all times by 
 angling with hook and line. Bass shall not be fished 
 for by any net having meshes of a less size than 
 SIX inches, extension measure, nor by means of seines. 
 Penalty $20. 
 
 Shad and Gaspereaux.- Close season for shad and 
 gaspereaux shall be from sunset on Friday evening to 
 sunrise on Monday morning in each week. Penalty $20. 
 ' By a late amendment to the Game Laws, agents of 
 the Game and Fishery Protection Society are appointed 
 in various places in the Province, where non-residents 
 
 

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 are likely to arrive, for the purpose of selling licenses, 
 and of generally carrying out the law. 
 
 This has been chiefly because strangers have com- 
 plained of the difficulty of finding the officials who 
 hitherto have had authority to sell licenses. 
 
 It is the intention of the Game Society rigorously 
 to enforce the above laws, and therefore this publicity 
 has been given to them. 
 
 SPORTSMEN'S GUNS, RODS, &c. 
 
 I nm now instructed by the Honorable Minister of Customs to 
 authorise you to accept entry and duty on the g.ms, fishing rods, 
 and other equipment (,f pnrties visititig Canada for sporting purposes,' 
 with the condition that the duty so paid will be refunded on 
 prouf of exportati -h of the same within a period of two months 
 from the date of entry, 
 
 (Signed) J. JOHNSON, Commissioner of Customs. 
 Ottawa, July 4th, iSgi, 
 
 Referring to the above notice, a receipt is given for the duty 
 paid. On leaving Nova Scotia or by way of New iJrunswick, the 
 Customs Officer at the point he leaves Certifies on the Original 
 Receipt that the Guns, Rods or whatever it may be, have been 
 returned to the United States, this receipt is attached to the 
 Refund Claim and forwarded to Ottawa by the Collector before 
 whom the entry was made. 
 
 (Signed) W. D. HARRINGTON. Collector 0/ Customs. 
 
 Haitt?AV fi/'tt^ Tilth rAng 
 
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 List of Hotels adjacent to the W. \ I Mlmi 
 
 PLACE. 
 
 NAMH. 
 
 Halifax 
 
 Rhdfokd 
 Nhwport 
 Windsor 
 
 Hantsport 
 
 HORTON LANDIN-r, 
 WOLFVILLE 
 
 PORT Williams 
 Canning 
 
 KiNGSPORT 
 
 Kentville 
 
 BERWICK .. 
 
 Aylesford 
 
 WiLMOT , 
 
 Middleton 
 
 Lawrencetown 
 
 "Halifax " 
 
 ••Oueen" 
 
 "Waverley" 
 
 *• Clainnonte " . . . . 
 
 "Lome" 
 
 "Albion" 
 
 " Royal " 
 
 " Acadian 
 
 " Lansclowiic ".. .. 
 
 "Lovitt House... 
 
 "Bellevue" 
 
 " Newport '' 
 
 "Dufferin"' 
 
 ''Victoria" 
 
 "Thomas" 
 
 "Windsor" 
 
 "Somerset" 
 
 "Avon" 
 
 " American" 
 
 " Hantsport " 
 
 " Duneuin " 
 
 "Brookside" 
 
 "Royal" .^ 
 
 "Hawthorne (i>fgf' 
 
 "Wolfville" 
 
 " American " 
 
 " Villa jje House".... 
 "Kent Lodge" .... 
 "Port Williams".... 
 "Village House" .. 
 
 " Waverley" 
 
 "Cannin^j House",. 
 " Central House " .. 
 " Kingsport House ' 
 
 "McLeod's" 
 
 "Kentville" 
 
 "Porter" 
 
 " American ' 
 
 "Central House" ,. 
 
 "Thorndyke" 
 
 " Aylesford Hotel " . 
 " Aylesford House " 
 " Wihnot Hotel" .. 
 
 "American " 
 
 "Middleton" .... 
 " Hatfield House ' 
 "Elm House" 
 
 PRt)PRn':TOR. 
 
 Hesslein & Son ... 
 A. B. Sheraton ... 
 
 Miss Romans 
 
 J, C. Morrison 
 
 J. S. Lomas 
 
 Jas. (irant.. 
 
 Mrs. Winsor. 
 
 Cieo. Nichols 
 
 M iss Payson 
 
 W. Corbin 
 
 Win. Wilson 
 
 W. Gibson 
 
 Shultz & Jordan 
 
 T. Doran 
 
 F. Mounce 
 
 T. Gibson 
 
 W. Poole 
 
 W. Hunter 
 
 E. W. Dalton 
 
 James Wall 
 
 Thos. Harris 
 
 Thos. Tuzo 
 
 W. H. Townsend .. 
 Mrs. C. R. Quinn .. 
 
 C. E, Eastwood .... 
 W.Harris 
 
 . W. Beckwith 
 
 Irs. Moore 
 
 M. A. Orr 
 
 J. H. DeWire 
 
 A. B. Baxter 
 
 Geo. Eaton 
 
 Edward Viner 
 
 E. C. Borden .... 
 
 D. McLeod 
 
 James Lyons .... 
 Rufus Porter .... 
 Jas. Macintosh .. 
 Mrs. V^aughan 
 
 F. Carlyle 
 
 M. N. Graves .... 
 
 Mrs. Corbin 
 
 I. R. Brown 
 
 D. Feindel 
 
 F. Clarke 
 
 A.J. Hatfield 
 
 A. Oswell 
 
 i 
 
 TERMS. 
 Pr. Day, Pr. Week. 
 
 $2-()0 to3 . 
 200 to 2-50 
 
 2-50 ! 
 
 2-50 
 
 1-50 
 
 1-50 
 125 to 1-50 
 
 V25 
 
 1-25 
 
 roo 
 rso 
 
 1-25 
 l-5() 
 
 rso 
 
 1-25 
 1-25 
 
 1-25 
 1-25 
 1-25 
 1-25 
 1-00 
 
 roo 
 
 1-50 
 I'50 
 1-50 
 
 1-50 
 1-50 
 
 ilroo 
 roo 
 
 150 
 
 1-25 
 
 1-25 
 
 1-25 
 
 1-50 
 
 1-50 
 
 1-2.-) 
 
 1-25 
 
 1-25 
 
 1-25 
 
 100 
 
 75 cts. 
 $1-25 
 
 l-5() 
 
 1-50 
 
 Ag't. 
 Si .50 
 
 Ag't. 
 
 00 to ^7 
 5-00 
 
 S5to$ti 
 
 000 
 
 500 
 
 Ag't. 
 
 6-00 
 
 6()0 
 
 ^•(Nl 
 $4 to $7 
 $* to a,! 
 
 500 
 
 500 
 
 6-00 
 Ag't. 
 
 5-00 
 
 Ag't. 
 
 5-00 
 
 4-00 
 
 COO 
 Ag't. 
 
 500 
 Ag't. 
 
 5-00 
 5-00 
 5-00 
 4-00 
 3-00 
 Ag't. 
 
 5-00 
 
!!■ 
 
 Ek. 
 
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 List of Hotels adjacent to the W. & A. Bailway— 
 
 Coni. 
 
 PLACE. 
 
 Bridgetown 
 
 Annapolis . 
 
 DIGBY 
 
 NAME. 
 
 "Revere" 
 
 " Grand Central" , 
 
 "Chute's" 
 
 " Kagleson's " 
 
 '* Hillsdale •• 
 
 "American" 
 
 "Clifton" 
 
 ••<^ueen- 
 
 " Conunercial" ... 
 " McLeotI House " 
 " Myrtle House " . . . 
 " Royal Hotel ' . . . 
 
 "Short's" 
 
 " IVBalinhard H'se 
 " I%lJvHoFise"..., 
 " Burnh.'"', s .... 
 " Robin .o'» Hous 1 " 
 
 PROPRIETOR. 
 
 Mrs. Russell 
 
 H. (J. I^-»n>,'lcy. . .. 
 Mrs. A. M. Chute . 
 T. I. Eagleson . . . 
 E. Kyersoii 
 
 J. A.'Langille 
 
 W. McLeliand ... 
 
 (..A. Perkins 
 
 Mrs. Salter 
 
 Mrs. McLeod 
 
 Mrs. Millii/an 
 
 J. Daly 
 
 Mrs. Short 
 
 Mrs. D'Halinhard . 
 
 Misses Smith 
 
 I Mrs. Hurnliain , 
 
 I Mrs. G. Robinson ,, 
 
 TH 
 Pr Day. 
 
 I-2."i 
 1-2.5 
 IM 
 100 
 
 2-or» 
 
 1'5() 
 1-50 
 1*50 
 
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