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This spirit of exploration, this ever- strong instinct of tlie liunian race to i)enetr;ite into unknown countries, and sail trackless seas, led the Il'^vptians three tliou- sand years before Christ to build vessels, tiie p'rows of which thev decorated with carved imai,res of godilesses, whose smiles were sought upon tlieir explorations. It" led the Norsemen across the great Atlantic, and was the ruling inspiration of Columbus, as it ^— fc, has been that of all the explorers down to the (iays of Livingston, Gree- ^^ ley and Peary. It has peopled continents and made the deserts bloom, createtl commerce and girdled tiie world with lines of ship and rail. It has made all men brothers, and has wiped out the intellectual Ixjundaries of the universe. There is, perhaps, no nation in which this inl)orn instinct to travel is stronger than in the American, do where you will, vou find the country wel)bed with railroads, and the stations and trains filled with an ever-restless throng. Stand upon the piers and see the ocean steamers leave, tlieir decks crowded with tour- ists, and the wharves with people vidio secretlv stitli" the wisli that they too were going as they bid the iiapjiy travellers /^iv; ?'(ii'(?a-^. I Tlie spirit of travel is universal. Northerners <^o South for tiie win- ter, and Southerners come to the Miountains and seasliores of the North f(jr tiie summer, J-'astcrn ]ieo|)le spend vacation days in the West, and Westerners coiiie East. Families nii|,n-ate in summer as rej,rular]\' as the birds st.irt south at the first motion of Jaci< Frost's inai,dc wand. Scientists tell us there is life in motion of inanimate nature ; and so, too, tliere must be intellectual and piiysical lifi- and health in the ever-swing-in_L; ]>endulum ot a movin^r humanitv. Americans have disco\-ereil within recent years that there are some pro\ inces by the sea, located, as the mariners 'would sav, nor'- nor'east of us, which for wholesome cli- mate and varied sights offer a greater wealth of at:ractions during summer days tlian s pos'sessed i)y any other nearby region. Geographers have given " 1 he tlcit ul ij:casure yachts uhich flv acrnss the waves like a flock of « hite■^vin^■e(( i)lrds." to tliem liie name of ti.e .Maritime J'rov- inces, and thev embrace Nova Scotia, with outlying Cape Breton Island, New r.runswicic and Prince Edward Island. Tliis modern discovery has turned a great tide of tourist travel toward their siiores, for each returning traveller has told witli ardent eniliusiasm of the cliarming cli- mate, the novel sigiits and scenes, the ll.i ever-prctcnt nil.itdiy in Halifa.x •Shaping her course drwn the harbor whose shores u^e doiteJ with historic points." foreign atmosphere and quaint customs, the hospitality of the jieople ; and lastlv, but by no means the least imjiortant tacts, iliat the country is but one night away from ISoston, and tlie jourjiev may be made in the fleetest, 'safest ami most luxurious ocean steamships, and at an ex- pense so trifling that tlie tri[) is within reacli of tliose in tlie most moderate circumstanctrs. The interest ot' tlie iourney to the .Matitime Provinces be- gins the moment the steamer takes on life and the screws start their revolutions at the Boston wharf. Slowly the gre.at ship, a veritable floating palace, draws away from lier pier. Tlie gay crowds on deck, full of ilelightful anticipations ot^the trip, wave adieus to the friends who have thronged the wharf to see tiiem off; ant! then, as the vessel shapes her course and turns her prow seaward, tiiose pn deck gather in little groups to enjov the varieci scen- ery of Boston's beautiful harbor. While the city, with the gilded dome of tl e State I'louse, and scores of spires and well-known landmarks, sink slowly into the liorizon, Castle Island, Fort Warren, Fort Independence and other points freighted with Revolution- ary memories in the harbor are passed in rapid succession, and over to the lel't a panoramic vie-.v is had of the busy cities of y.yiin, Revere Beach, Swampscott, Detr Island, Wiiitliropatu! fa,,hioiKibie ■ Tt'TfSlBpTIPTKBBTTi Naliant, with its .^harming .suiiimer homes l)y the st-a. I'emberton and Nantas- ket, tlie Manhattan iJeach an J great pleasure resorts of Boston, are to be seen to the right as the stately ship care- fully makes her way clown the channel through {he lleet of joleasure yachts and fisli- ing sloops, square-rigged ships and tramps of the sea ; and then, as the pilot shapes nis course out betweeh the Tioston and twin lights, standing like sentinels at either side of the deep sea gateway of Boston harbor, the horizon witlens,lhebroail Atlantic unrolls majestically before you, and hi tempered breezes sweep across the decks, bringing roses to faded cheeks I n ( and vitality to the weary. A journey l)v sea is of itself adelight; "Thew '"'cum.'Jw ■"'■''i''™"" 7^ "'^ l\"^ "ne ai-e ail painted in the Company » colurs, and are the finest in }lalifax " mon consent the ship's companv becomes one great family for the time being. You saunter about the decks, and nap in easy chairs ; you forget the busy, work-a-day world you have left beliind y&u and in- terest yourself in the incidents of the hour. Now it is a whale Sjjouting over to the left ; again it is a school of grace- ful ])orpoises giving your vessel a race for a half mile or so and then disappear- ing as suddenly as they came in sigl,t. You are impressed with the per- fect system .aboard ship, none better, even " .loinc of tlie crack Knsjlish regiments are a'w, foniliea liriiish sLronghold lor there is attached to liie very lile aboard ship a charm and nov- elty. It is refreshing- always in its absolute freedom from the noise, turmoil and dust of travel by rail, no matter how much luxury may surround the latter, and nowhere else can be iiad such complete re- laxation and uninterrupted rest. You make friends of your com- jianions of th.e vova'-e.' By com- riys statiii-iefl at ILilifaN, whicli is the stroni/est on the .'.incritan contiiici.t." on the crack ocean liners ; everything is literally in "ship shape," and when you go below to meals you will find them served in a dining saloon, the furnishings of which are not only in excellent taste, but rich in wood ii'nd tajiestrv. And what meals ! The markets of Boston and those of Halifax have been levied upon. Delicacies from mountain, brook and meadow of Xova Scotia, served with tootlisome meats from the Western prai- "■"he I'ublic Gardens in Halifax are a bouict- m1 »,'rcat pruic tu the citiicna. and are beautifully laid out and maintained. 1^ whose ries and the specialties of New England, furnish a menu the like of which no king or prince of Europe can i)oast. You forget time e.xcept as you may hear the half- hours struck on the ship's bell forward. The day is gone before you realize it, and you watch the king of the heav- ens as he slowly relinquishes his sceptre to the stars and sinks majestically be- low the watery horizon. And then the twi- light, that love- liest of all times at sea, follows, and night and darkness close in and a hush comes over ev- erything. You hear naught but the hum of happy conversation indistinct th robbings of the great engines far below you, which are driving the ship with mighty energy along her course. You retire and say "good-night" to America, and awaken after a glorious rest to say "good-morning" to Nova Scotia, for when you go up on deck vou see over on the port side the shores of this fair land, with here and there a light- house, and a village gleaming white in the early morning's sun, with fleets of fishing boats lying at anchor or making sail in the cliff-shel- tered harbors. And then you realize that you are in sight of foreign shores, and have been but one night out from Bos- ton ; that you have crossed the corner of the broad Atlantic and are at the thresh- old of one of the most charmingly inter- esting regions on the continent. That you have been able to do this. " In the great dry dork at Halifax there is most always a liritish man-of-war beinf; overhauled." al)out vou and tlie that this greai vacation land of North America is now so easy of access, is due to the sagacity, oresight, and enterprise of tlie Canada-Atlantic and Plant Steamship Line, universally known as the Plant Line, superb fleet em- I) r a c e s the "Grand Duch- ess," the " Hali- fax" and "Oli- vette." Three round trips a week are made between Boston and Halifax, and one, a longer one, between Boston and Charlottetown, the capital and chief city of Prince Edward Island, by way of Mawkesbury and the straits of Ci'iso, which divide No v a Scotia and Cape Breton. If there is any one man to whom Americans owe a debt of gratitude for the magniticent plans he has made to enable people to enjoy the pleasures of travel, tiiat man is Henry li. Plant, presi- dent of the great and comprehensive Plant system of railroads and steamship lines. He has not only made a paradise out of western Florida, but has erected ;it Tampa Bay, at an expense of more than $2,000,000, the most magnificently "The harbor reverberates with the heavy salutes from the ships of the naval squadron which has its rendezvous at Halifax," lanned and luxuriously furnisiiecl j)alace in America, and has made resort it pos- sible by his railroad servictffor the trav- eller to reach there quickly and in great I "1 he lighl house which has ^ui'led mnnv a craft to the entrance of this noble harbor." comlori from the chief ciiies North and West. He lias made Winter Park, in the lake rej^nons of Florida, on ideal re- sort, and provided in the Seminole a hotel at which the traveller from the North may tliul all the joys and pleas- ures of a semi-tro])ical existence. He lias reached furtiier south, and tlie steamers of his line, the favorite " Mas- cotte " and oiiier steamsliips, ]ily vc>j;u- iarly all the \ear between Tampa Hay and Havana, Cuba, forming a popular tourist route, and offering' a delightful winter's excursion to the trn]iics at small expense. From Tampa flay, where he has liuilt, right ox'er tiie water, a good half mile trom the shore proper, the quaint Tampa Iniy Inn, steamers also make regularly ap- pointed tours lo Jamaica, affording a chance to many tra\-eliers to sjieiui a week or so on this gem of the Antilles. While all this great development has been pushed xigorously in the South b\- Mr. I'lanl, he lias at the same lime, with the able assistance of his son, Mr. M. I". I'lant, \'ice- I'resident and ManaL'^er been improving his ines between the L'nited States and the Maritime Prov- inces. He was one of the tlr.-.t to f o r e s e e wh;it has since been so abun- (1 a !i t 1 y jiroven.lhal x o\-a Sco- t i a a n d r ■inct Kd- w ar.l Isl- and were the mcsi - M\ desirable summering spots within easy access for Americans, and tiiat they would, as they have now become, the favorite and cl'iosen regions for health as well as pleasure seekers. The policy of the entire I'lant System rellects the gen- erous, broad-minded spirit oi H.-. creator. It is not to see just how little can be done for its patrons to keep tliem from complaining, but rathertodoall lor tlieni, and irive them everv convenience and luxury tliat good executive management considers the business \\ill stand. Thus it has become an axiom among travellers that one is always certain of tniding th.e very best of accommod.ations u])on the steamshijis of tills line. Your ship is <^^.:^ "■sU mB^f-i " rite majestic bebastopol moniiincnt is one of tiu. many iiueresiing objccis,'' "The only building now remaining of tho«e upon the Duke of Kent's estate is the band house." sure to be staunch, fast, well ecpiipiied and well manned, if it flies the Plant Line pennant at the foreinast. Your state- room will be large, well ventilated, and vour bed and linen immaculate. You will fmd the officers courteous and oblig- ing, and, what is of more imjiortance, thorough seamen of long training, for there is not a captain on the line, or any officer of the higher grades, who has not gained iiis nautical knowledge by many years of jiractical exjierience. Tiie shores of Nova Scotia, which are in view from the decks of the Plant Line steamers some hours betore reaching Halifax, lia\'e been likened to those of Norway. They are indented with innu- merable deep harbors and inlets and many frowning and rocky promontories and sea-swept ledges. Along towards noon, on the day after leaving Boston, Chelnicto Head Light and the Devil's Island Liglit, which stand as sentinels at the entrance of Halifax harbor, are sighteil. A half hour's run and the ship has crossed the line between them and "Halilax IS a busy, prosperous city, subsianiially bu.li, an,l of characteristics decidedly foreiKii ' " 1 he Post fiflfice at Halifax is I"n],'li ,h in its architec'ure and typical of all the business buiidintis of the ciiy," is plowing iiL-r way up the iiarhor. IMeantinie tlie flag of the Plant Line has been hoisted upon the citadel, for this is always tlone as soon as one of these shii)s is sighted. In the distance may be caught a shadowy glimpse of the city, while along the shores are little coves, where hardy fishermen dwell, whose crafts fly out to sea in the early morning on the wings of the wind, and return at nightfall like a great flock of tired birds. Martello Tower, of historic fame, and now a lighthouse on Macnab's Island (which, although the picnic grounds of the city, is heavily fortified), is pointed out, and a moment afterward George's Island, a quiet, harmless-looking Ijit of land (Iroj)ned in mid-harbor. l>ut the tourist is told th;it this innocent bit of lanil is honeycombed far below the water-line, and its l.idden batteries of powerful modern guns and connecting submarine torpedo mines would give tiie greatest man-of-war as much to think about as the man who had knocked down the hornet's nest. These fortification?, with the im- pregnable York Redoubt on the west- ern shore, the heavy masked batteries in Point Pleasant Park or tiie tip of the peninsula, and those off the iiar- })or mouth, to =ay nothing of a score or more of h^ss importance, all modernlv equipped and thoroughly manned, would make the ajiproach to Halifax of a hostile war vessel an exceedingly interesting occasion. If the ship should show no disposition to witiulraw, half the water in the harbor, and the ship with it, could 'Carrying lumic with them at nitjht an cutlcnce of the day's sulccss.'* * The people of Halifax are devoted to aquatic sports in summer time.'' be thrown into the air by the explosion of the electrically connected chain of torpedo mines quietly slumbering in these piping times of peace in their sub- marine berths. Beyond deorge's Island the citadel- crowned city and wharves with their tbrest of masts come into full view. A few moments more and the great ship is warped into her slip, the gang-|)lank lowereil, hurried good-byes are said to newly-made friends, and the \oyager is at his hotel, scarcely more than twenty- four hours after leaving Poston. Nova .Scotia is a huul girt round about by the sea. No spot within its confines is more than thirty miles from salt water. Its summer climate is as soft as that of southern Italy in May. Its sky rivals that of the Riviera in the inle'nsitv of "^ color tones. Its air is \ italizing, exhil- arative and recuperative. It is a country in which nature has "The been so lavish in her cliarms that art is scarcely missed at all — a region where each little hamlet, whether by sea or far back in the rugged interior, has its individual charms of quaint novelty, and where days or weeks may be idled away in healthful rest. One of the tenderest of poets has cast over the region "the consecration and purple light of his imaginings." Perhaps the hills will not be quite so softened in their lines ; perhaps the mellow atmos- phere may be less seductive, but if we 'Tlie Micm.io InHinrs offer for sale at the city market an attractive stock of baskets." lose the charms and fascinations of the ideal, if the fair dreams of our imagina- tion are scatten^d in thf^ awakening, we find in the reality of tlie present a full drive along tlie harbor side of Halifax leads to the Tublic Gardens, in which is the historic Martello Tower." content, and need not fear the crucial test of personal acquaintance. One of the great all-pervading charms of Nova Scotia is its health and whole- someness. The j)eople show it, and their manners bespeak it. The children you see are ruddy-faced and clumsy-limbed, the young men and maidens pictures of robust health. Malaria is a stranger, whose grim visage would be as unex- pected as that of yellow fever in Maine. Hay fever is unknown, and the soft sum- mer bree/.es, wafted from which way they may be, bring the ozone and the in- spiration of tlie sea, and temper the rays of the summer's sun. A noticeable i)eculiarity of the Prov- inces which strikes the man from "the States," is to be told tiiat his train leaves at 19:26, for all railroad trains are run on the twenty-four-hour system. Fiom midnight until noon the clocks and tlie time tables behave themselves in a man- ner well known to us all, but from noon until midnight they continue on from 12 to 24, instead of beginning with one again. This obviates the use of a.m. ami p.m., I>ut is distressingly confusin;,^ to tlie newcomer until he becomes so kuniliur v.itli the system tliat he can instantiy 23 o'clock as his old friend 1 1 p.ni The Unitei money is taken •.vhere in the I'rovinces, an A ni e r i c a n (juarter pass- ing current for a shilling. Almost every one lias lieard the creditecl to ex-Sen upon heing U>\l Vernon that W'a.' was such a powcrfi man tliat he ecu! throw a silver doll; almost across the l'( tomac. "(Jh, )'es responded Evart " l)ut you know a do lar would go fartht in those days than n It is a fact, howi that the dollar of tne tourist will go farther in Xova Sco- tia, Cape Breton, and I'rince Etlward Ihlantl than anywl the American continent. Board at hotels runs from 75 cents aiul a dollar a day in the country to $3, the highest charged anywhere, and this only at a very few hotels in the Provinces. A dollar and a half a day for transients is tlie average price at hotels, and board by the week varies from $3 to $10. At farm houses good i)oar(l can be had almost anywhere at from $1.50 to $5 per week. XovaScotia came within fifteen miles of being an island, for it is connected with Xew ISrunswick by a narrow strip of land i)etween Northumberland Strait-^ and the Bay of P'undy, scarcely more than a dozen miles wide. rhe ruins of the old f'rcnch Kort at Annap' olis are well prescr%e(l." ere !se on to 100 miles broad, but in this small area is crowded a wealth and \ariety of natural attractions which few regions of similar area on the conti- nent can match. It has been so cut into by the sea that its coast line measures more than a thousand miles, and is broken by a myriad of beautiful bays and natural harbors. \\'ithin the interior there are more than four hundred lakes, the largest and most famous l)eing tlie Bras d'Or in Cape Breton. It is the Loch Lomond of North America, a gem of nature, so beautiful and so picturesciue that it cliallenges the admiicUion of even the greatest travellers. Those who have spent a \'acation time with our neighbors to the northeast, know them to be a most hosjiitable, _ _^ warm-hearted and wholesome ' people, without affectation or greed. ',he nervous activity, the ceaseless hurry and bustle of tlie United States have no place with them. Their charac- teristics are more like those which mark the Knglishman at home. Genial, hospitable and generous, they make the stran- ger welcome within their gates. Ask a New ^'orke|• on his nati\-p streets to tlirect you to a sought- "The histo;ical willows at (irand I're, the home of Evanyeline, may be seen from the train." irj** ..r „.i^i^ ^:^ r?oston,340 miles from Portland and 542 miles from New York by sea. But this is, as children say, cutting the corner, for if one goes by rail it is 618 from I'ort- l.ind, 720 from IJoston anil 939 iVom New York. One would as soon think of going to England and not visiting London as of going to Nova Scotia and not making 1 lalifax the central jioint of his tour. It is the commercial, social and tourist centre of the Provinces. It is the iiort easiest reached trom the United States, and the V fr:p,l f0^^^ '■• -^" -*■>■•« fe»/ . i^^: -"" " licking; up a dozen birds in an afternoon." most convenient place from which to start on \ our inland tour. Tlie railroads of Nova Scotia may touch and stop at other places, but they .ill begin at Halifax, Halil'ax may be justly termed the British stronghold of .North .America. It is not only the heail- ([uarters ot a larger number of iJritish troops than are (juartered at any other place in North America, i)Ut it is the jirinciiial naval station ;ind rendezvous of the Ilritish North At- lantic and West Indies squadrons. Hal- ifax is English in architecture, manners and customs; and tlie visitor will have no opportuniiy to forget for any ten min- utes at a time that he is jiractically as far away from " tiie States " and 'heir customs and mannerisms as if lie v ," ' i Soulham|)ton or Liverpool. The ,m,:s- ence of the army and navy officers adds an interesting feature to its social life. Tiiat it is distinctly brilliant is not to be ' It is a fair 'and about Halifax.' " 'I'wicc every mcniy lour tmurs the tide leaves the ships hi^h and dry." wondered at when one realizes that it is the seat of the Trovincial i);.rlianient, has a university and tine catiiedral, a governor, a commander-in-chief of tiie army, an admiral of the navy, an arch- bisiiop and bishop as residents. It is the London and I'arisof the Maritime Prov- inces; the commercial centre, and tlie dominating financial city of the English- American colonies. The stands on a succes- ion of hills, occupying I peninsula four and one-half miles ong, with a breadt!, va- rying from a half to two or more miles, and crowning its highest hill is the great citadel, oi which so much has, and so much will in future, be written. -Halifax is ten miU^s tack from the ocean jper, its harbor and location being not unlike "Where Indians camp." ^^^^^ ^f f^^^^. York. On one side it is bounded by the Northwest Arm and a wide stretch of isolated water, and on the other by the harbor, wiiich is accessible at all sea- sons, and is sufficiently large to permit the entire English navy 10 mancKUvre upon its waters with ease. The citadel occupies the broad summit of a ctntral hill, two hundred and fifty feet above the harbor level. It acts ■is a stern and watchful sentinel, keeping unceasing guard over its peaceful charge. Great can- non poke their noses out threat- eningly from under its case- ments, and absolutely control the ap- iiroach to the city from any direction. The Duke of Kent', father of (^ueen Vic- toria, who was in his time commander ot the tbrcfs at Ilalifa.x, built the original lortress, utilizing the labor ot the army of Maroons "ho Ivul been con(|Uered by the British, banished from Jamaica and subsequently dejjorted to .Sierra Leon. It is surrounded by a deep m«at, and the huge stone walls and embankments look as if they would be absolutely im- pregnable to any attack. Within these wal's are the bomb-proof barracks. The view is more extended I'rom the citadel than from any other spot near Halifax. You may overlook the entire city with its magnificent harbor teeming with shipping. You can plainly see Dart- mouth on the opposite side, the wide- spreading IJedford Lasin, or inner har- bor, flecked with the graceful sails of pleasure craft. Fort Clarence, below Dartmouth, with its sombre casements, is in full view, as are Macnab's and George's Islands, the famous York Re- doubt, the outer harbor with its fortified points, and far over toward the horizon the blue Atlantic. Outside of the citadel and adjoining it upon the city's streets are many bar- racks for officers and married men, the military hosi)ital, which co[,t over half a million dollars, and the garrison chapel, where the staff and troops attend service in full uniform, accompanied by the citadel band. To the west of the fortress stretches the common, a wide expanse of velvety lawns covering many acres, upon which the great regimental parades and sham battles, always such interest- ing spectacles to visitors, take place. Halifax has been called the Gibraltar of North America, and while it hears no resemblance from a topographical stand- point to that "gateway of the conti- ' Its rocky coast has stood :he pnindinRS of the surf since the world was young.' nents"on the opposite sfdeof the Atlan- tic, it would almost as stubhonily refiise capture. IJiit asicU; iVom its military and naval features, Halilax has many points worthy the visitor's consideration. Sev- eral of her churches of which there are more than forty, are historical, and wiil repay a visit. St. I';'.i!!'5, be<^un in 1750 and enlar<^ed in 1812, is rich in mural tablets, and many of Nova Scotia's fa- mous men sleep their lony sleep under the shelter of its pr-Hectiu}^ wails. It is said the frame of this church was broiij^lit from Massachusetts in 1740, and it lias had but five rectors in the century and a half since then. The "Little Dut^h Church," built in 1755, 'I'"' whose .>riy- inal size and arcliitecture have never been altered, is still in ^ood repair, and the seeker after quaint epitaphs can find many curious ones in the moss-grown old cemetery surrounding it. The official buildings of the Province are architecturally striking, and bespeak solidity. The Parliament Building, the corner-stone of which was laid in 181 1, was up to 1830 the finest structure on the Xorth American continent. It is still theadmiration of architects, and iisgreat halls are beautiful in decoration and im- posing in size. The Dominion Building, situated nearby, contains the Customs and Posl-Cifice departments and Provin- cial Museum. The new City Hall and the Government House, occupied by the Governor, are imposing and conspicuous official buildings. Dalhousie College, a handsome and pretentious modern structure, =11 " Rocky fortresses of r.ature'! tashioning." will perm s h o u 1 d surely visit the i^Meat dry dock and the naval yard. Both are instruc- tive, particularly the former, which is one of the larg- est in the vvorM, being of solid granite and con- crete, 613 feet long, I03 feet wide at the top and 70 feet at the bottom. It is rarely unoc- c u p i e d , and there is almost always some mighty ship of war braced up within it recei'ingan overhauling. Tliis dock was last sum- mer used bv the United States govern- ment to dock their battleship " Indiana." Aside from her military and naval features, Halifax is most proud of her public gardens, and the park at Point Pleasant. Ami well she may be, for no other city of her population on this side of the Atlantic can boast of handsomer attractions. The gardens, containing fourteen acres, are admitted to be as beautiful as any in America. They are a gem in emerald, and one may wander about tiieir well-kept walks, lounge under the graceful arbors, linger at the side of the -'•ystal fountains or mirror- like ponds, feast his eyes on the graceful marble statuary, drink in the intoxicat- ing fragrance of the flowers, and forget for the nonce that there is anything but the beautiful and poetic in th'is world of ours. Here on Saturday afternoons dur- ing the summer wiil be found a gathering of the representative people of Halifax, listening to the sweet music of one of the military bands. The park at Point Pleasant, with its many miles of wood- land, driving roads and bridle paths, twisting and twining with serpentine graces in antl out tlirough forests of spruce and pine, is one of the most charming spots on the continent. It seems to the visitor as if nature hail con- spired to crowd i:i»o this "neck o* I "Sailing is a popular pastime at Ha'.ifax." \vii()il->" a lavish assnrtnirnt of I cr hrij^liU'st jewels ; as if siie 1 ail reserved it for a storfiiouse <.f her most fasciiiatin}^ comhi- i.ation of trees and wild flow- ers, rocks aiul l)eacli. In this natural park \(>ii may lose your- self in the Ill-art of the jjrimcval forest, or you may sit on the cd'^e of the liluff at the ocean siiie and watch the mi|^hty At- lantic roll into the broad niouth of Chehuclo I'.ay, the surf poundinj,' iij)on the beach far lielow you, as if im])<'tuous at beiii^ stopped in its watery race. You may sit for hours breathinj; the delicious combination ot the perfumes of the resinous pines and that of the sea, and gaze upon the cease- ' I a Have River lias frcciucntv been tefcrretl to by v\riter!, as the Kliine of .North .America." less coming and f;oinjj of ocean cr.itt. Over back from the sea, in the heart of the park, you may visit the leqend- enshrined Martello Tower, a memorial of (lavs when " rouLjh-handed maraud- ers h'un;^- about the siiores, and skidkin;^- Indians"]iecred out from the surrounding preencry." The' visitor at llalihix can sjiend several days deli,!.,flufuiiy in drivin;^ or bicyclini,'- about tlie suburbs. Amonil» at llriilncwater on the picturcsiiui- I. a Have Kivcr.' and the nuirmurinj; waves of the Ilasin, antl at others following tlie outer lines of some picturescjue inlet, is one of the fmest roads in Nova Scotia. To bicyclists it affords a glorious op- portunity for a spin along the verv edge of the water, across wliich come the softest and the most in\igoratingofseatemi)ered breezes. Thisro.id leads to what is known as "The Dingle," three miles from town and near Dutch \'i]lage, a s]iot of fairy loveliness. To(juote from I'rof. C. D. G. Rob- erts ; " lieyond 'The Dingle,' on the Margaret's I>ay Koad, is the tamous 'Rocking Stone,' a mass of granite, i6o tons in weight, so lucelv poised on a base of some twelve by six inches, that it may be swayed by a child using a stick as a lever. ' In this same direc- tion lie the Chain Lakes, w hence H.alilax gets her water sujijily, ;ind where, in spite of prohibitory enact- ments, m.my tine trout are caught. Another favorite drive is to ISedford, along the ]'.;isin, passing Rockingham and "the site of the ' I'rince's Lodge,' whc'.e T'rinc; Ed- ward had his dwelling one hundred y.-ar-- .-i^o. The Lodge, wiin its memories ot love, anfl statecr.aft. and regal cere- monv, has fallen before the siege of time ; but the band rotunda stands, , ci u a i n I , semi- classic struc- ture, ()\erhang- ing a railway 1 ■ « cuttill;^. 'V\\<\\ oiu! siioiiUl \i-iit I) ;i r t in ii u t !i , across llm liar- l)or tiDin Hall- ux, so pictiir- i's<|uely ilroppcil anion',' its dark hills. Fcrry- i)i)als run every quarter iiour bo Isvfcn tlu'|)hiccs. Tlie t'lwii has oonic (),cxx) in- habitants, a su- jrar refinery, a ni iruie railway, a rupr-wall;, a skate lac- tory, and— bv lU) means least imposing' feauire— the' yreat grim idle of Mount Hope Lunatic Asslum. " I'.ackofUari'mouth, to the north, lies the beautiful chain of the Dart- mouth Lakes, a famous resort of //skat- ers when the ice has set thinly. F ro m t h e s e lakes -uns the old Sln.benaca- die Canal con- necting the \va- • ind streams, incUulinj; some of the Ix-st lishinjj waters ot the I'roviiice ; and there is ''Nccllent coi k, partridge, ])lover and duck shooting within easy reach." Halitax, wiiilc gni' of ilie most sedate . iiie:, on he surface, is ill reality one in wliich tl.e spirit of hone I sport and wliolesome pie.-. sure holds full sway. It h.is two line social clubs, the llalil'ax and the City, whose memberships are , line i>l till' iliju'iis ;l Sioli.1 life." " The salmon is kin^ of the finni,- tribe hiul is found in many of the Nova bcotia sircama. ters of the Atlantic with tliose of Minas IJasin and Fundy, by way of the .Shubenacadie River. Four miles noiih of Dartmouth are the Montague gold mines, well worth a visit. Along the coast south-eastward, a distance of seven miles, is Cow liay, a summer resort famous for its noble beach and splendid surf. Thie whole country around Hali- fa.\ ai.d. Dartmouth is a network of lakes maiie up ot repre- sentative citizens. Its Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Club occuiiies a hand- some and modern Hiilding of its own on the har- bor side at the toot of Pleasant Street. 1 lalitax rides .and drives, In wii.ter it ilevotes it- self to those sports which put roses in the cheeks of her women ,uid vigor and health in her m. One of the side trips wliich should bt; taken from Halifax, if time will permit, is that by steamer along the coast to Ches- ter ...» Lunenburg, .111(1 15ridgewater, nsuinmeral sails and rows. I the latter town being at tlie liead of nav- ijj^ation on llie river La Have, tiie Rhine of Nova Scotia. A pleasant way to en- joy the scenery along this beautiful stream is to go up in the steamer and to drive down on the river's bank from liridgewater to the oltl Frencli settle- ment Lallave, where thestream merges with the Atlantic. If the visitor is . fisherman the yarns he will hear in Bridgewater of rod and reel will set his brain in a whiil. "Six twenty-five pound salmon killed in a day on one rod," "Five hundred brook trout taken on two rods in two days," etc., give afairidea of what he may expect. They are repeated here simply because to be forewarned is to be forearmed, and not because they are in any way extravagant. Chester is well known as a watering- place, the scenery most beautiful and noted for sea bathing. Chester Basin contains some three hundred and sixty- five islands, or.e of which is "Oak Isl- and," where the famous "Captain Kidd's "treasure was supposed to have been buried. Lunenburg is one of the most pros- ])erous places in tiie Province, being largely interested in shipjiing and fish- ing eiUer]!ris'es. Near it is located a curious natural jiiiencjmenon known as the Ovens. These are several large caverns worn out by the tide, three of which are 70 feet wide and over 200 feet deep. The sea dashes into these recesses during a heavy swell, making a tre- mendous roar broken by deep booming re- verberations. They are enshrouded in local supersti- tion and legend, and many a hair-raising tale of ghosts and pirates is s|iun around tlie old-fashioned fireplaces ot the locality. llaliiax isilie Atlantic terminus of the Canadian Government Railway System.* The Intercolonial division iVom Halifax runs to St. John, Ouebec and Montreal. I'rom Truro tli^' line mins to N<\v (>!,'r-.- gow, thence to I'ictou, where connection " I'riiice I d'.varil Island is .in ideal pl.icf to enjoy the delinhts of sea and cuuntiy combined.'* is made with tlie daily steamer to and tVom Prince Edward Island. From New (Glasgow eastward the line con- tinues to the Straits ol Canso, thence through Cape Breton to ward Island. The island is notable as a healtli spot, sur- rounded as it is by ocean and strait, whose waters have broken the Sydney, where connection is made with the Sydney & Louis- burg Railway. Prince Ed- ward Island lies in the southern part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the wide Str Nort h umber- land, quite like the English Channel in dis- position, separates from Nova Scoti south, and New V> the west. This is and enjoys the dis- tinction of being the most thoroughly cultivated territory on this side ol the Atlantic. It is one great garden from land's end to land's end, and is not only beautiful in points of topography, but' its summer chmale is delightlully free alike from i)eiietrating fogs and ex- cessive heat. Those who have seen some of the more fertile sections of the Illinois ])rairies, with their undulating surface, scattering forests, wood-fringed streams, ;ind prosperous farms, have seen an American reproduction of Prince Ed- "I'ruro, wliich is a progressive citv, lias a very attractive public park. lore line into num- berless bays and es- aries. Its breezes are nothing but pure ones, bearing all of the healthful and o/one of old itself. The Great North Bay on Prince Etlward Island is skirted ilhfiftymilesof wide lills, and the clear s of St. Lawrence ow along its front af- ford one of the pur- est and most nota- ble bathing grounds in the world. Char- lottetown, the capital of Prince Ed- ward Island, is a brisk, well-built, well- governed and prosperous city of about 15,000 inhabitants. ... There are quite a number of seaside resorts on the island, the largest being Summerside, which is as well quite a ship-huilding and business centime; Georgetown, Souris, Mt. Stuart, Tignish I'up at the extreme northern end of the island), .Mberton, Kensington, Rustico and others, Malneciue, seven miles from I Kensint^ton, on tlie nortii shore, lias l)een made famous by tlie deep-sea oysters, wliicli bear its name, and are to all this rej,non and Canada what the IMue Points and Cherry Stones are to Americans. Cape Traverse, on Xorthumberland Strait, has many things to commend it to the summer visitor, as have Barclay J'oint, about ten miles from Charlotte- town, and Tracadie iJeach, about four miles from Bedford Station, on the nor»h side of the island. Tiie shooting on Prince Edward Isl- and during the season is e.Nceedingly good, and wild geese, l)ra, t, duck, part- ridge, woodcock and sni])e are to be found in abundance, while such streams as tlie Monce, the Dunk, the Pierrejaques, the Miniinigash, the Kildare, Tignish, and others, teem with trout and salmon. From anyone of the little seaside towns on Prince Edward Island, one may have, within a half-hour or liour's sail, an abundance of mackerel and deep-sea fishing. The island constitutes the smallest of the Provinces, but maintains equal dig- nity with the greatest, having its own provincial government, comprising a governor ad parliament, and sending si.K commoners and four senators to the dominion legislature at Ottawa. Its history is an interesting one, and upon its pages are written the same general outlines which are found on that of all this region — a strife l)etween the French and English for territorial acquisition. Ai'ciuired by the French late in the seventeenth or early in the eighteenth century, it soon attracted a respectable number of settlers from Bretagne and Normandy, whose produce and grains were in great demand for the fortified city of Louisburg in Cajie Breton (then L'Isle Royale, or the Rpyal Island). In 1745 many of these settlers were ex])a- triated after the fall of Louisburg, but after; the return of tliis cit-; adel to France the island was again peo- pled, and when, in •755. Louisburg was recaptured by Gen- eral Wolfe, it would seem that only a few of these poor farmers were removed from their homes. Some, how- ever, were thus deported, especially those about Char- loltetown (then Port La Joie), and the adjoining coast. Some ten thousand of the de- scendants of those who re- mained, and of the Acadians who escaped the deportation at iVIinas, Blomidon and other ])arts of Nova Sco- tia, yet reside in the Prov- ince. They are still to a great extent a people set apart from the rest of the ])opulation, living in their own vil- lages, intermarry- ing early with* their own race, s p c a k i ii g I !i e ^ ' The coRsl line i>( the Iras il'i h Lakes is broken and indented with many bays." It 1 "The timber railway at Truro is the only one of its kind in the country." French tongue and keeping U]) in dress, traditions, customs, etc., tlie simple, iios- pitril)]e, kindly traits depicted in " Evan- geline." Thus, to a great extent, in cer- tain villages, the women and maidens wear " the Norman cap and the kirtle of homespun " ; the young girl begins at an early ;;ge to spin, weave and sew the coarse white linen and heavy deep-tinted woollens which she shall bring with her to the man of her choice ; and the settle- ment still delights in assembling to start a young couple in their married life, to raise a'barn or house, and to take their pay in an hour or two of dancing to a simple fiddle, and a supper of bread, tea, potatoes and meat, or fish. Peaceful, economical, industrious, in a way belonging to a past age, these Acadians are a peculiar people, full of interest to ever^' traveller fresh from the feverish press of business, or the arti- ficial but onerous demands of modern society. A remnant of the once powerful Mic- mac tribe of Indians, some three hundred in number, still haunt the northern har- bors, and retain the garb and habits of their warlike ancestors. They are keen hunters, and faithful servitors for mod- erate pay, and a few days with one of them, among the trout, duck and plover, is generally a time to be long and pleas- antly remembered. Charlottetown, the capital and chief commercial city of Prince Edward Island, is a prosperouf little city of 15,- 000, and in summer is attrac- tive to visitors, although its pleasuresand sights are soon exhausted. The general character of its business buildings is excellent, and its streets are wide and well shaded by day and electric lighted by night. I" the i)usiness centre ol the city is ^ucen Square and the substantial government structures, including the Provincial Building and the Post Office. In the former are the legislature halls and the Colonial Library. Near by are the Convent of Notre Dame, the Prince of Wales College and the normal school. The residence of the (iov- ernor occupies an attractive jioint of land west of the city and com- mands a fine view of the harbor. In the suburbs of the city are two col- leges, the Wesleyan and St. Dunstan's, both well supported and prosperous in- stitutions. From Charlouetown the vari- ous parts of the island are reached by the lines of local steamers and the Prince Edward Island Railway, which runs from one end of the island to the other, a dis- tance of 130 miles. This city is the terminus of the Bos- ton and Prince Edward Island service of the Plant Line, and the popular and staunch " Halifax " of this line makes the round trip between Boston and Char- lottetown each week. The steamship touches at Halifax and proceeds thence to Hawkesbury on the Straits of Canso, through which' it passes into Northum- berland Straits, upon wliich Charlotte- town is located. This 1500-mile sea trip is the longest, cheapest and most delightful of any which can be made in one week from an American port with- out going to Euiope. Theaccommoda- tions are of the finest ; and the extended views afforded of the south shore of Nova Scotia, together with glimpses of pictur- esque Cape IJreton, and the opportunity of visiting Prince Edward Island, com- bine to make it a popular outing. For those who have only a week to spare for ' J'ertile fariub stretch down to pebbly beaches, which arc fringed with strips of woodland." A MPTAIfi::: I vacation pleasures no trip can l)e com- pared to this for variety, lieailli-givin Cape Breton, the Switzerland of America. It may be reached either via ■^ Halifax.taking the Intercolonial Railway through Truro and , New Glasgow to I'ortMulgrave on the Straits of Canso, or by steamer of the Plant Line around the southern shore of Nova Scotia from Halifax to llawkesbury, directly across the Straits of Canso from Port Mulgrave. From here the chief places of interest in the interior may i;SS«'4'-'f " Upon altnost every inlet of the sea is located a little village," " I'he steamer on i's journey throunh the >lras d'Or lakes touches at various interesting little settlements where contentment and happiness are everywhere '-vident." l)e reached eillier I)y rail or by boat. The killer is, from every point of con- sideration, the most inlerestiiij^, tiie roiile l)eiii}^ from Miilgrave around a point of Cape lireton, and tiiroiiras d'Or lakes at their western and soiitii- ern end witii tlie Atlantic. This lour hours' trip is made upon a most com- loi'table steamer, and is full of attrac- tive features from the start to the finish. The ])anorama of islaiul anil sea is ever changing, and the journey may be coni|)ared to that on ihe St. Lawrence througii th;i TiuHisand Islands. The steamer tiaiclu-s at several little villages, whose v\'liile-painled, scattering collages lools irom a distance, as Charles Dudley Warner has so ha])pily said : " Like a flock of sheep on the hillside," and then passes through the locks and canal, into the iJras d'Or, and thence througii the lakes to Sydney and NfMlii Sydney, touch- ing at liaddeck, Whycocomagh and other points en route. Mr. Warner, whose ilelighli'ul and in- teresting little book, "liaddeck and that Sort of Thing," has been for years a classic in the literature of travel, says of tiie Bras d'Or lakes : " They are the most beautiful salt-water lakes 1 have ever seen, and more beautiful than I had imagined a body of salt water could be. If tiie reader will lake the map, he will see that two narrow estuaries, the (ireat and Little liras d'Or, enter the Island of C.-ipo Lreton, on the ragged northeast coast, above the town of Sydney, and llow in, at length widening out and oc- cupying the heart of the island. The water seeks out all the low pl.'ices, and ramifies the interior, running away into lovely bavs and lagoons, leaving sleiuler tongues of land and ])icluresque islands, and bringing into the recesses ot the land, to the remote country farms and settle- ments, the flavor of salt, and the fish and moUusks of the briny sea. There is very little tide at any time, so that the shores are clean ami sightly, for the most pat-l like those of fresh-water lakes. It has all the pleasantness of a fresh-water lake witli all the advantages of a sail one. In the streams which run into it are the speckled tiout, thechad ami the salmon ; out of its de])ths are hooketl the cod and the mackei'el, .,nd in its bays tatten the oyster. These irregular lakes are about ;i hundred miles long, if you measure them skilfully, and in some |)laces ten miles broad ; but so indented are they that I am not sure but one would need, as I am informed, to ride a thousand miles to go round them, following all its incursions into the lantl." Supjjlementing this ilescription, no less an aulhority than .Sir W. C. \'an Ilorne, the President of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and a great traveller, has said of the lake region of Ca]ie lire- ton : " There is nothing- » I have ever seen on the American Atlantic sea- board resembling the in- lets which eNjiand into seas in tiie interior oi " The villages with their white painted cottaRcs looking from a distance like a flock of sheep on a hillside." rsH Cape Dreton, and there are no waters that I knuw nearer than the fjorils of Norway, or tliose of the liritisli Cokuii- Ijia coast and Alaska, to be compared witli them in l)eauty and interest." I'rof. Sumichrast, of Harvard College, sums up the whole matter in a paragrajjli that is well worth (|uolinj^ ; "I have been down throui,di the Isl- and shootinjr; iished at Lake Ainslie antl on the ^largaree River; visited an- cient Louisburg and all the interesting portions of Isle Madame, and I must say Cape Breton is one of the most beautiiul ])laces I have ever visit- ed. Art as yet has done little or nothing for Cape Breton, but na- ture has been jjro- fusely lavish in her gifts. Sylvan retreats ; roman- tic glens; wild mountain gorges; m a g n i fi cent lakes; deep, swift- ly-gliding rivers ; gently undulating plains; good, level intervales, studded with stately American elms; gorgeous bays; rush- ing brooks ; delicious springs ; healthy atmosphere, and an intelligent, fun-lov- ing Scotch race of people, hospitable and humane to a fault, an J ))rosperous and contented with their surroundings and in tlieir circumstances — this is Cape Breton. Fish and game are plentiful in their season, and I know no place where a man can spend a couple of months with his rod, his dogs and his gun, more enjoyably than on this fascinat- ing island." The j o u r n e y u p through the lakes from St. Peter's Canal occu- l)ies a full day, for there are many landings to ')e touched at and manv miles of tortuous course to be followed in reaching them. At each |)lace there is an inter- change of passengers aiul many c]u;'.int sights to he seen. Al one place it will be a crowd of Mic- ' Pushing their canoe into quiet recd-grown bays." mac Indians just down fi-om tlie mountains, with shoidder hampers loadedV with plump, luscious l)lue- berries, wiiich grow so abundantly hereabouts. At another it will be a mix- ture of Ciaelic back-country- nien, accompanied on their annual tour to Sydney liy their women and chihiren. And thus it goes. The trip is one of ever-changinir interest, for when the ever-present panorama of lovely scenery is not en- gaging attention, it is some unusual quaint picture of human interest. The most important places on the Iiras d'Or lakes are V.hycocomagh (pronounced by the natives "Ilogamah"), Grand Narrows and Iiaddeck. The lat- ter has attained ([uite a degree of fame through Mr. Warner's widely-read book, but latterly because cpiite an aristocratic colony of summer residents ha\e erected beautiful homes here. *'Kvcry now and then lazy herons are startled into flij^ht," "You may still find primitive ferry boats making daily trips." Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, owns a whole mountain of looo acres, upon which he has expended $200,000 on roads. Upon its southern slope, up toward the summit and overlooking a wide ])anorama of lake and mountain, he has erected a $35,000 residence, and near it a fully equip])e(l laboratory where he conducts his exjieriments in electricity. This beautiful estate bears very appropriately the Scotch name of Beinn P.hreagh. I •■ 1 he uiil cluirch .it liailclcck. » litre scrncci arc stil' conilucled in tlie Gaelic tongue. ' (ieorge Keiinan, the Russian traveller and lecturer, also has a fine residence at Ikiddeck, and he and his charming wife have explored every bay and inlet of the lakes and all the 'inland seeluded fast- nesses, living for weeks at a time on tlieir yacht or in camp. Mr._ Kennan is an outsjiokeii enlhusiast on Cape Bre- ton, and expressed to the writer his be- lief that there was no more beautiful, picturesque, or fascinat- ing region anywhere. liaddeck is' a (juaint, sleepv, half-open-eyed village. Mr. Warner, to ([uot'e him again, says: •• Having attribvted the quiet ot liaddeck on Sun- day to religion, we did not know to what to lay the ([uiet on Monday, but its peacefulness contin- ued. I have no doubt that the farmers began to farm, and the traders to trade, and the sailors to sail, but the tourist feels that he has come to a haven of rest." This was written twenty odd years ago, but it's the 'same Ikidiieck to-day. You will the same delightful' air of ciuiet repose everywhere manifest, anil cool air, compounded of sea and hemlock, and spend days or weeks in this climate and health-giving lyradise, where the very living is a joy. The country around about liaddeck is a' most pictur- escjuely wild and beautiful re- gion. No one who can afford The time should ful to sjiend several days, or, better, weeks in ex|)loringit. For t'lshermen and hunters it is a paradise. The Margaree River, reached easily from liaddeck, is the famous salmon stream of Nova Scotia, and every one of the scores of crystal brooks are alive with trout. " St. Anne's liay, most beautiful of all on the island, is 'but ten miles north- ea^lerlv ; and beyond the wdd northern shore stretches iuvay to Ingonish and Cape Smokv, the tip end of the conti- nent, bomurbva line of stupendous cliffs and mountain's, back of them the vast " l.ook where you mav on ihe I'ras <1'< ii one of entrancing beauty. T, the view is t^nd and you can, now as then, look out over the same beautiful expanse of glistening water with its setting of purple hills. You may 1) r e a t h e that c i o u tablelands of X'ictoria Count) , covered with primeval forests, over which roam undisturbed herds ot caribou. A drive along this coast, or, better, a journey afoot, depending on the warm and homely hospitality of tiie Ciaelic settlers, rev(;ai's a mode of living that tor absolute primitiveness is nowhere e(|ualled on our continent. Here are seen grinding of corn bv hand stones ; timber hewn in a similar' crude manner, or sawn by nulls, liome-made; while from every door comes t!ie sound "I spinning-wlieel or click of shuttle in the tamily loom. Not The Residence of Alex. Graham Bell, near Daililerk. f 1 ■iivJr " BadJcck siracRlcs aim seldoi vine shores of a tranquil bay wlitss waitra are >c(l by sbips i)f commerce." less interesliiifj are tlie Micmac Ii, lans, who pitch t'leir \viy;\vanis on the hillside at iJatldeck, their iierinanent settlements beini^f at Iiulian Cove aiid at I.scasoni near (irand Narrows." The iSrasd'* )r Lakes connect with the ocean at tiieir eastern end through two long arms or channels, and near the con- fluence of ocean and sea are located the towns Hi of Sytlney and ^N'orthSvd- — r./.i^^vT. f 'f-i " The jail at I'addcck. which was torn down because of lack of use " ney. The former has enormous coal and shipping interests, and while it has many quaint features, is, as a whole, such a town as one can find many times dupli- cated in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, with the added features of one of the finest harbors on the Atlantic seaboard, in which, so the statistics of the place show, more than fifteen Inindred steam- ships and sailing vessels entered and cleared last year. Sydney is the termi- nus of several of the Kurojiean cables, as it is nearer Europe than any other jilace on this continent, and a visit to the offices of the company is worth the mak- in-'-. It is the centre of llie enormous coal interests of Cape liretoii, and all about it are the mines from which lum- drcds of thousanils of tons are taken annuahv, a large jiroiwrtion of the coal used in'both New York and Boston lor making gas being mined near Sydney. Svdnev has one of the best liotels in Cape lireton. Al)out thirty miles from Sydney, reached by the Sydney and Louisburg railwav, is Louisl)urg, once counted among the strongest fortified places of the world. To-day its ram- ji a r t s arc I " The quiet, peaceful streets of taddeck ' " Ihc valley of the Mar(;aree River in f'ape llr=ion is a paradise, ihe stream ilscli offering ilie linest salmon fishing in America." ruins, witli hardly one stone standing upon another. "Once it was a city with walls of stone which made a circuit of two aiul a half miles, were thirty-six feet hij^h, and of the thickness of forty feet at the base. For twenty-five years the French had labored upon it, and had expended up- wards oftliirty millions of livres or near- ly six million dollars in completintf its defences. It was called the 'Dunkirk of .America." (iarrisonetl by the veterans of France, ami with jiowerful batteries commandinj^ every point, it bristled with most potent ])ride of war. To-day it is difficult to trace its site amonj; the turf which marks the ruins. Desolation now sits wiih a ghastly smile around the once formidable bastions. All is silent except the loud reverberation ofthe ocean, whose surfsur<^esalon;^ the rocky beach. Seldom lias dem- olition been more comijlete. It seemed built for all time; it has vanished from the face ofthe earth. " Its ca])ture by the undisciplined New I'2ngland farmers, commanded by William Pepperell, a merchant ignorant of tiie art of war, is one of tlie most extraordinary events in the annals of history. The zealous crusaders set forth upon a task, of the difficulties of which they had no conception, and they gained a triumph which should make their names as immortal as those of the ' noble six hundred.' It was a feat with- out a parallel — a marvel among the most marvellous deeds which man has tiared to do. " Restored to France by the leace of Ai.x la Chapelle, Louis- Hirg was once again thestrong- liold of France on the Atlantic coast, and l''rench veterans held Cape Hreton, the key to the Gull ofSt. Lawrence. The brief truce was soon broken, and then came the armies of England, and Gen- eral Wolfe sought ami won his first laurels in ■The camps of the Micmac Indians, where birch baric Cannes are made by the squaws " vhere birch bark laws " t li e n e w world. Louis- burg fel oiiceniore and tlie knell o its glory was rung. The con- quest of Canada achieved, the edict went forth that Louislnirg should be de- stroyed. The work of demolition was be- gun. The solid buildings, formed of stone brought from France, were torn to pieces ; the walls were pulled down, and the batteries reiulereil useless for all time. It took two years to complete the destruction, and then the once proud for- tress was a shapeless ruin. Years passed by ; the stones were carried away by th.e dwellers along the coast and put to - peaceful uses ; anc" the hand o time was "Sydney is the tip-end town on the North .\merican continent.'' f ob- litcr- ition. Time h a s ) (■ t: li more iiu iciiul than ni.ui ; it has coNfied the gloomy ruin with a mantle of green and has iiealed the gaping wounds which once rendered ghastly the land that nature made so lair. The surges of the Atlantic sound mournfully upon the shore — the reciuiem of l.ouisburg, the citv made desolate." The motlern Louisbuig, a place of I, coo inhabitants, takes on ([uite a little commercial importance. Its fine, deep water harbor opens dii-ectly out on the Atlantic, and many boats engaged in fishing on the bank's off Newtoi.ndlaiul call it their home port. One of the sights of the place is the hands, ne monument dedicated last year to commemorate its capture bv Capt. I'epperell and his New ]-".iigland yeomen. A project which has beeu'talked of, oil' anil on, fur years, "Ihe building in which one of the transatlantic caDles ends at North Sydney." is to make Louisbur^' a port of caii for transatlantic steamships, so tiiat passengers could save time, and a thousand miles ofocean voyaj^iny, by taking or leaving the steamers here. Any one having laiiii in the material- ization of this scheme can at present secure corner lots in Louisburg at figures which will allow of consider- able rise. Tliose who wisli to visit the land made lamous by Longfellow in liis " Evangeline "can take tiie Dominion Atlantic Railway, leaving Halifax every morning. The route for the first few miles out of Halifax is ex- ceedingly attractive, with its many views of Bedford ]5asin, but after the last glimpse has been liad of this ever-beautiful sheet, tliere is nothing to interest the traveller until Windsor is reached. It is a dreary stretch of rocks and stunted pines, with here and there a pond hemmed in by un- inviting shores. Windsor, until its recent destruction by fire, was one of the ]irettiest towns in Nova Scotia. It contained 3,500 inhabitants, a jire- tentious college, and was the home of the genial and witty Haliburton, author of "Sam Slick, tiieClockmak- er," etc. The town is being rebuilt. The town occupies a promontory tween the Avon and St. Croix rivers. It is a considerable commercial centre, and from liere vast quantities of ])laster are shipped. The Avon Ri\'er, which is in reality an arm of the Bay of Minas (itself a part of the greater Bay of Fun- dy), cuts up strange pranks because of the tremendous tides. Twice every twenty-four hours the water all runs out be- "There arc many spots where ne could pitch his tent amid beautiful patches of woodtand." of the wide river, leaving shiiis higli and dry on the mud, and twice it flows back again to such a depth that the largest vessels can sail anywhere over its swift- running surface. This is the stream which led Charles Dudley Warner to exclaim: " I never knew how much water added to a river until I saw tlv-; Avon." Here, asat most of the ]iorts on the Bay of Fundy and its estuaries, the shi])s have to watch their chance and slip U]) to their moorings on the rush of the incoming tide, for when it turns it goes out like a whirlwind, and vessels are left dry to tlie keel, cradled in the ooze, wliile far above their decks is the dripping wharf. In many places, as at Digby. where there is a depth of wa- ter sufficient to allow boats to reach tlie dock at all hours,* the wharfs are built double, one far below the other, for use at low tide. It is a strange and novel sight to those unaccustomed to it, to aland oil the deck of a steamer " The hill have drawn apart and ihc tiaspcieau Vatity spreads out its verdure covered meadows " and see theiip- p e r wharf above the top of the smoke- stacks, while p e o ]) 1 e are comingaboard or leaving the steamer over the slimy, bar- nacle-encrust- e d lower wharf, wiiich was an hour or so ag j thirty feet under water. Westwartl from Windsor the coun- try takes on a different character. Bar- ren rocky slopes have given away to fer- tile fields. The hills have drawn apart and the Gaspereau Valley spreads out its verdure-covered meadows and luxuri- ously foliaged orchards on every hand. Over to the right sparkles the Bay of Minas, and outlined on the ho.-izon is grand old Blomidon, that majestic bas- tion, keeping faithful sentinel, as in the days of Evangeline, over the turbulent waters which rise and fall with mighty force at its rocky base, guarding the peaceful valley from the cold north winds and sea fogs which hover on its frowning summit, as if afraid to trespass further on the fair lands below. And here lies Grand Pre, the home ot the Acadians, the spot where was writ- ten or-of thesadtlest and most romantic pages in the history of Xorlh America. Ea"ly in the seven'teenth century there came from France a goodly company of immigrants, and settled here. Dikes, with which the tides were kept from the meadows, were built, and great crops gathered upon the reclaimed land. Pros- peritv came and gentle peace spread wide' its protecting wings over these faithful people. The Indians loved them and were beloved in turn. Little heed paid thev to aught about them savethe:r dnilv toii. For it was a fair prospect that stretched away from their liiatciied which resemble New ngland in their rural beauty." cottages. Througli the winding ways of the marshes tiie hurrying tides of Minas rushed back and forth, while their cattle waxed fat, their crops grew heavy, and the days came and went in happy un- eventfuhiess. When France and Great Britain went to war, the Acadians being intense Roman Catholics, considered it a crusade, and fought valiantly for the cause of their na- tive land. Then came the ceding of Nova Scotia to the British, and soon after the de- mand upon these sim- ple-hearted people that they should take the oath of allegiance to the British crown. They rebelled and showed hostility. The English settlers, who hungered after these fairest lands in all the province, fretted because they were held by an alien ])eople. Yet the Acadians sowed and reaped, unmindful of everything save their loyalty to their God and their native land. " Thus dwelt tii),'ftlRT in love these simple Aciulian I'artncrs, Dwelt in the hne of God and man. Alike were they free from Fear, that rei^'ns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics. So passed the morninpf away. And lo, witli a summons sonorous, Sounded the bell from its towers, and over the meadows a drum beat." For the Brilisli Council at Halifax had decided that these kindly people must either take the oath of allegiance to Great Britain or be deponed from the country. Almost unanimously they refused to take the oath, preferring exile and con- t'lscation to such an act, and seeming to regard their neutrality of the past forty- hve years as having become a vested right. Diplomacy and argument were tried in vain, and it was resolved that the whole Acadian people should be ban- ished to the southern American colonies, and that their estates and buildings, cat- tle and vessels, should be declared for- feited to the crown. '•Thron^jed ere lonj; was the church with r:en. Without, in the cliurchyard, W.iited the women. They stood by the grcives, and hunfj on the headstones Garlands of autumn-leaves and cvernrocns fresh from the forest. Then came the tjuard from theships, anil marching Iiroudiy anion^j them Entered tlie sacred portal. With loud and disso- nant clangor Echoed the soun . From the cold lakes of the North to sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father ot Waters Sx'izes the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean, Deep in their sands to l.ury the scattered l-imes of the mammoth. I'rieni's they sought and homes; and many, de- spairing, heart-broken. Asked of the earth but a grave, and no longer a friend or a fireside. Written their history stands on tablets of stone in the churchyards." LoN(.iEi.i.ow's Evangi-line, "All history ])resents no ]iarallel to the sjiectacle of the tleporiaiioii of the Acadians. Nations have been ])iit to tiie sword, and peoples not enijajjed in war- fare have l)een massacred. In our own cenliny tlie ineffable Turk descended upon a ]ieaceful comn''unity during the (ireciau war, and wip<-tl it iVom the face of the earth. The same ]iower is now fiendishly at work, while the civilized world looks on, to blot out from existence the Armenians. But never was a nation rooted out of the soil and ruthlessly scat- tered to the four quarters of the earth in a brief s|)ace, as were the French in- habitants of Nova Scotia. It is strange that so fruitful a thenie for the poet and novelist has been so little made use of. Longfellow, alone, has immortalized it in his epic, in which, iiowever, while the facts may be idealized, they do not de- part in substance from the truth." The railroad running from Grand Pre westward takes the traveller through the Cornwallis, (iaspereau and Annapo- lis valleys in turn. Each is a beautiful region, dotted with prosperous farms, gre.it orchards, and here and there de- r "(juiet bays and inland tidal basins aloni; the shore line." 'A relic of the j^cneralions Rone. ' lii^litful villages, in winch the .sum- mer iouri:^t will liiul plain, whole- some inns and the clioice of many p ri vate homes, which are thrown open to summer boarders. W'olf- viUe and Kentville are most desirable jioints at wiiich to spend a day or a s 11 m m e r . T h e roads round about are exceliei.l, and as the price of horse hire in this country, as everything else, is exceedingly cheap, it is easily possible for the tourist, making these places a centre, to visit all the region round about, including several pretty resorts on the l!ay of Funcly shore. Kentville is a charming little leaf-embowered and elm-shaded village tucked in between the hills. Prof. Richards paints this pretty pen picture of this quaint and quiet little town : " The valleys wind unexpect- edly, and liie enclosing banks are abrupt. Tiie tidal stream of the Cornwallis, twisting through its narrow strip of meadow, is met here by achatteringaniber brook set thick with willows. The brook washes the dooryards. There are unexpected l)ridges, and green shade dapples the streets. I'.very turn gives i new and haunting jiiclure, and one feels as it the place iiad been planned in a dream. The air is wholesome, especially kiiidlv to the throat or weak lungs. The streets, wind- less though shady, are warm in summer ; but it is only a step to climb the surround- ing bluffs and come out into the breezes and wiile views of Cornwallis. The view from Canaan Heights, several miles back of the town, is one not to be fjrgotten. Kentville has a charming social lile, many families of culture having settled in the neighborliood. It has also an ex- tensive business as the capital and trad- ing centre of the rich county of Kings. It'has an excellent hotel close to the sta- tion, tiie Aberdeen, large, comfortable, and modern in eciui])ment ; and smaller hotels, with good accommodation, are numerous. " In the heart of the primeval fores' where the camps of the hunters arc estnb islieil." "The Cornwallis \'alley Railway is a short branch of the Dominion Atlantic, running from Kentville through Canning and the lieart of the apple country, the greatest and most famous cf all those in North America, to Kingsport, a distance of fourteen miles. Canning (eleven miles from Kentville) is a typical farming town, surrouiuled by rich meadows, its jilacid streets buried in leafage. Its comtort- able inn is (juaint and ohl- fashioned. Tiirough Canning flows a narrow tidal stream, the Habitant, once a large riv- er, but now almost silted full. The heavy crops of clover and timothy now wave where of old large .shijis came in upon the flood to Canning's wharves. " From Canning it is but a short drive across the Fereau _ to the foot of North Mountain « and the famous Look-( HI. only for its sub- lime breadth, l)ut for the variety uf its love- liness. Tlie local enthusiast will tell you that you are gaz- ing' into live counties — Kings, Annapolis, Hants, Cumber- land, nd Colchester — but this fact is a vcy insigniti- ••riiej cant iu-ni in the inipressive- ness of the seen-. From yiur feet the mountain siile falls away abruptly, a mass of foliage palpitating with colored lifht. Far down, as if you could (b^op a pebble into it, lie the basking roofs of Tereau, ilrenched with sun." Kiiigsi)ort, the teriniiuisof the branch front Kent- ville, is one of the lead- i n g s h i p- b u i 1 d i n g centres on the n<) rt h .\ t 1 a n t i c , aiul a prom- inent |) n r t for oce;in s t e a m e r s Hiiney along the shores of the liay of Minas and in and uui of the many bays." in tlie np])le and potato tr.ide. It lies on the western shoi'e of the Basin of Minas, and puts up (|uite pretentious claims as a summer resort. It is one of the spots in Nova Scotia which the touidst should not overloiik, for it has an iin-igorating ciini.ite ;ini! exhilarating ouiiook, good batiiing and several comfoi'table inns. Then, too, it is the starting point of one of the most delightful side trips in the Trovince — that u])on the twin screw- steamer " Evangeline," whose captain is a uniformed yet genial encyclopaedia of ail the traditions of the fabied shores around which his staunch craft plies. The steamer hugs close to the land line, passing under t!ie frowning lieights of Caiie Iiliimidon, whose upper portion is one sheer perpendicular wall of rock, Ihc Micmac Indians are at home in canoes." out on as, as ots Jkl 10(.l ns. )ne tlie ew ain dia res ies. nc, , of 1 is ick, Irom wliile the lower iuilf is a slope of (lizzvin^'- steepness. In tlie storm- eaten crevices of the red sant stone cling the birches and olliei trees which conceal, by a rag ged carpel of foliage, the "sterner features of Ijlomi- don's roclme. Hawketbury or Charlottetown.— I'lant Mne to Hawkesbiiry or Cliarlolletowii. Return by tlie same ruutu. Charlottetown.— I'lant Line to Charlottetown; Char- lollutown Navigation (.'oinpany to I'ictoii ; Intercolonial Railway to Halifax; I'lant Line to lioston. Baddeck. — Plant Line to Hawkeslmry; liras d'Or Navigation Company to liaildeck. Return by the same route. The Bras d'Or Lake.*.— Plant Line to Hawkesbury ; Bras (J'Or Navigation Company to Sydney. Return by the same route. Plant l,ine to Hawkesbtiry ; liras d'Or N'avi^;alion Com- pany to Sydney ; Intercolonial Railway to Hawkesbury, or vice versa; Plant Line to lioston. Plant Line to Hawkesbury: liras d'Or NMviiiation Com- pany to Sydney ; Intercolonial Railway to Halil'a.\ ; Plant Line to lioston. Plant Line to Halifax ; lntercoloni.nl Railway to Sydney ; Bros d'Or Navigation Company to Hawkesbury ; Plant Line to Boston. Three Pre 'ices. — Plant Line to Charlottetown ; .'. E I. Railway to Summerside ; Charlottetown Navigation Company to I'oint du Chene ; Intercolonial Railway to Halifax ; Plant Line to lioston. Plant Line to Charlottetown; P. F.. 1. Railway to Sum- merside ; Charlottetown Navigaliim Company to Point du Chene ; Intercolonial Railway to St. John ; Steamer " Prince Rupert' to Piuby ; Dominion Atlantic Railway to Halifax ; Plant Line to lioston. Plant Line to Halifax : Pominion Atlantic Railway to Pinby; Steamer "Prince Rupert" to St. J, $ 8.50 First-Class, excursion, including berth in cabin meals and stateroom berths extra), 15.00 KATIIS OF 1-ARIi BMT .VIUiN BOSTON AND CHARLOTTETOWN First-Class, one way, including berth in cabin (meals and stateroom berths extra), $10.00 First-Class, excursion, including berth in cabin (meals and stateroom berths extra), 18.00 Berths in stateroom, $1.50 to $3.50 each ; l\v()l)erlhs in each loom. Limited number family rooms, accomniodaliiig three or more persons at $5.00 and upwards per looin, according to size and location. Meals :-Dinner, 75 cts. Breakfast or Supper, 50 cts. RATES <1I- FARE nETWF:EN HOSroN A.sT) IlAWKi;slURV: «• PLftNT LINE" '■i :i ■ » i •TAUNCM STCCL PASSCNQCR STEAMSHIPS ■ CTWECN BOSTON AND HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. SUMMER SERVICE, BI-WEEKLY Through to Charlottetown, P. E. I., calling at Halifax and Hawkesbury, C. B. ONLY ONE NIGHT AT SEA TO A FOREIGN LAND! Send lor lieaiuifuUy Illnsiratcii Literature. J. 1. 1 ARNSWORTII. EastVrn !'.'.f.-.i-:ii,-er Ai,"j;it. 290 Brn.i.hvay. N. V. I. ... l-I.ANni-KS. \>« iMljjI.inil Aljoilt. ■2m \V,\shMn;toii St., llciston, Mass. H. II. DOWNING, A^feiit, I.e»i» Wii.irf. lioslull, Mass. H. B. PLANT. President. ,M. F. PLANT, Viiv-Presiilent .in \ Pnn JAXAIIA^ C 4 B I iJ B E .1 y S E A ■Dif Sl.-S C,i., Bi-iT.ilu^.V r. Th.' Cull Coa^t of Florida is the Health and Pleasure Seekers' Paradise. The Lines of the Plant System reach the Finest Health and Flcasuic Resoits of Florida. PLANT STEAMSHIP LIME S, -,20 Miles of Pert'ect Passenger Service. Luxurious Passenger Trains, with Pullman's Finest Sleeping Cars Attached, between all Points. npcr.ilini,' iii.iv:iii'iLL-nt sIlcI p.-i^>fni,'ir ships, , .uryiii^' I'liiteil Sl.ilus Ni.liN. s.lilin^' frt.iii Tort I ,iiiip,i, I'l"ri,li. m UMlailiiiiir .1 rcLiul.ir ihrcc In live tiincs weekly silieilule lir Key West, Hloriil.i. .ma n.iv.nn.i, I'uli.i. ,ill the ye.ir r.iuii;!, .lud m.ikiin,' ute^isiniial trips durinn tli.- winter I" .I.un.iiia. Wlieliever yi.u visit Moria i or Ciil>,i, by wh.itcver route ynu take, lie sure tli.il your tiekcls re.ul vi.i I'Liiit Sjstem. ....THE GULF COAST HOTELS OF FLORIDA... REACHED VIA PLANT SYSTEM : lAMl'A MAY llorr.I., TAMPA. FLA.— Wuh Cisiii". Theitrie a 1 1 lU r MV1:KS IIOll I.. \-.<\."' I inu.irvt'i April. TMF: INN". I'lilil- TAMPA. I'l.A — llp.-H .ill the \eir. ,. , . , Till- SK.MINol.i:. UlNIKU I'AUK. 1-I.A— (Muli liiiniry t.. TH I! K ISSIM.MF.l;. K IsslMMFK. MA.— c ipen .Imniry 1. April. April. iMilf L'liks. 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Lawrencetown ""■o Vearf' av^;£V^*''^'-« Co/ Port Mcdwa}^ '"^' ^"i^aj \ Brooklj Milton'*',^ >_, , LIVERPOOL**""-—* . f Western Head Port MutouDc I HOUTOM II ^ >^^* ^Rlvef .X y ^Lo(ikc|>orl / V '^ ^ MILEAGE. BOSTON TO HALIFAX !.... 389 MILES. BOSTON TO HAWKESBURY. 569 MILES. BOSTON TO CHARLOTTETOWN..., 663 MILES. HALIFAX TO HAWKESBURY. .180 MILES; HALIFAX TO CHARLOTTEYOWN 274 MILES. HAWKESBURY TO CHARLOTTETOWN ■.,.94 MILES. TOTAL 2169 MILES. J 1 P \ Black River y^^'^ S^-'^^ Boyl QUYSBORO ( \ r rdcu of \ ^ dcQ • Locliabur o OoBheu . \ V Saimon~9,- Crow Harbor 3s. q/U T^ R IT G H ileV°'?(Vountry Harbo>*^ «s-:VV"y»l^»ti '^fcV Stormoi fetitc do Grat I. 'Argoa icto Bayi {"IfO , Nov l^rlog Covo, tor Bay)g^ ,.,-^j>>te Pt-^ Iaaac.Har1^(fi rt JwCV Ja...... L.^ ^-' .^^^ ^--'' (c Sherbrooke Ooldenvllle c Wine Bjirbor Iilscomh tAicuTab ffarhor^ , UuuSE N. _.»^ ^al^^^ fCMocodorre ..--' ,^^;-^^^' ."'>' ,tv» C / .// y y t ^ ^ THE PLANTI LINE^ Sable I. 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