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 Its SUMMER SERVICE is perfected by the 
 S.S. " "PRINCE ARTHUR " S. S. " 'PRINCE GEORGE " S. S. " 'BOSTON. ' ' 
 
 At Yarmouth, steamers make close connection with the 
 
 "FLYING BLUENOSE" and "IMPERIAL PURPLE" EXPRESSES 
 
 for all points in the MARITIME PROVINCES. 
 
 For all information regarding Fares, Staterooms, Advertising Matter, which will he mailed free, write to or 
 call on J. F. MASTERS, Ne<w England Superintendent, 228 Washington St., Boston. 
 
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 KENTVILLE, N. S., June 26, 1901. General Manager. 
 

 
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 The Ideal Summer Land 
 
 1901 
 
 The Brief Story of a Summer Ramble through Nova Scotia, 
 a Land with every Summer Charm — Peerless in Climate, 
 Beautiful in Scenery, Wondrous in History, Famous in 
 Song — Nature's Perfect Vacation Land— Acadia 
 
 1901 
 
 PUBLISHKD BY 
 
 THE YARMOUTH STEAMSHIP COMPANY 
 
 PIER 1, LEWIS WHARF, BOSTON, MASS. 
 
 F. HAMMOND, Agent, Pier 1, Lewis Wharf, 
 BOSTON. MASS. 
 
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A BUSY DAY AT LEWIS WHARF, WHERE THE STEAMERS START FROM BOSTON. 
 
 Authoi". 
 
JUST A LITTLE INTRODUCTION. 
 
 HE popularity of the British Maritime Provinces as a summer resort is shown by the fact that 
 56,000 persons, mostly returning vacationists, were recorded by the Boston government of- 
 ficials last year, and from the present outlook the travel to this popular summer land during 
 the season of 1901 will surpass all previous records. 
 
 Of these provinces Nova Scotia is by far the most interesting. It is the land of historical 
 romance and good hotels ; of picturesque scener)" and superb transportation facilities ; of 
 invigorating climate and open-handed hospitalfty. 
 
 During the past few years the improvements in the matter of accommodation for visitors 
 has been remarkable. Large and commodious hotels have been erected, which in addition to the smaller 
 boarding-houses, so popular in the past, amply [provide for the wants of all those who journey from "the 
 States," without o\-ertaxing their pur.'-e. 
 
 A few of the attrac- 
 tions of the queen province 
 of Nova Scotia are set 
 ft)rth in the following 
 pages. 
 
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YARMOUTII HARBOR. 
 
THE JOURNEY BEGUN. 
 
 traveller awake 
 early he may see the Yar- 
 mouth lighthouse, with its 
 great broad, perpendicular 
 stripes of red and white, and 
 watch the big steamer nose 
 her wa\- cautiously up the 
 sinuous channel. A few 
 minutes and the Yarmouth 
 Line pier at Yarmouth is 
 reached and at 7 o'clock pas 
 sengers set foot on a foreign 
 shore. Carriages may hi 
 taken at once for the Grand 
 Hotel, where excellent ac- 
 commodations are assured. 
 
 E.\MNG Lewis Wharf, Boston, at the sailing hour, now 2 P. M., amid the last good-byes and 
 the waving of handkerchiefs, the speedy "Boston," the i)ride of every Nova .Scotian, glides 
 down the harbor past old Fort Independence, formidable Fort Warren and the various land- 
 marks which make Boston Harbor a most interesting place to strangers. 
 
 Out along the north shore the staunch vessel steams until the coast line fades from 
 sight and ere night casts her shadows over the horizon, the "Boston" is out at sea. If the 
 night is a glorious one, as most summer nights are apt to be, a stroll on deck previous to re- 
 tiring into the comfortable berth conduces to sound and refreshing sleep. .Should the 
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YARMOUTH, THE GATEWAY OF NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 Ills dear, quaint old seaport was settled in 1761 by citizens of "^'arniontli. ^tass., so tliat the present 
 residents rather proudly date their ancestry from g- ood Xew Enijland stock, which niavexplain tosome 
 extent the similarity in manners and 
 nistoms so noticeable totheirkeen- 
 froni tlie realm of Uncle Sam. 
 y, however, the citizens of \ ar- 
 mouth are thoroughly hjval to ilreat Britain, 
 and (3ne of the first things that attracted oar 
 attention was the ti^ausfer from the stars and 
 stripes to the British flag, although they were 
 frequently seen in close companionship, and we 
 were much gratified to see in the home of a 
 prominent citizen a large and handsome engrav- 
 ing of Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proc- 
 lamation, and rejoiced in the evidence it gave 
 that, as nations, in all the higher essentials, "we 
 two are one." 
 
 Yarmouth has a population of about ten 
 thousand people and is thoroughly u]) to date, it is notetl for the delightful coolness of its summer climate anrl 
 the warmth of its hospitality. The stranger guest feels welcome from the moment of landing, and nian\- delay 
 their departure till the closing of the season. 
 
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SCKNES l.\" AXD ABOUT YARMOUTH 
 
The climate of Yarmouth is always cool, always pleas- 
 ant. The thermometer rarely mounts above seventy on an 
 August day, and it seems incredible as you sit on the broad 
 piazza of "The Grand," looking- out across the harbor and away 
 of¥ over the Atlantic beyond, that you are only a .matter of 
 two hundred and twenty miles from sweltering- LSoston. 
 
 Speaking of the Grand Hotel and its generous equipment 
 in all details, it would be doing Yarmouth a distinct wrong not 
 to dwell a moment on this subject. 
 
 "The Grand" is a handsome structure of brick and freestone, 
 erected on the most commanding site in the city. From its large 
 office, from all its front rooms, and from any spot upon its 
 generous piazzas, vou get a most extended view. Sitting on the 
 front piazza you look down across an open park, take in a full 
 sweep of the harlior, with its shipping and its green islands, the 
 rocky ridge of land that bounds the harbor on the other side, 
 and over that and far awav the Bay of Fundy and the open 
 .\tlantic. It is a superb view. In fact, it is a superb hotel all 
 through, superb in its building, in its appointments, and in its 
 service. The dining-room is particularly attractive, so spacious, 
 so light and airv, and so inuuaculately white ; and then those 
 waitresses, — those e.xceedinglv pretty, white-browed, red- 
 cheeked Nova Scotia lasses, who trip so lighdy over the floor, 
 serve vou so gracefully, and look altogether like a demure little 
 company of Evangelines in their spotless white aprons and 
 snowv caps. 
 
 The electric cars pass at regular intervals, often enough to 
 offer everv convenience to the residents. 
 
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The tourist, if he has time in Yarmouth 
 for nothing else, must not fail to take the 
 little steamer "Juno" and cross the harbor 
 to Bay Mew Point. The park here contains 
 in all about fifty acres, and is tastefully and 
 attractively laid out in winding paths among 
 the spruce and fir trees, where many a cosey 
 nook has been utilized foT tables and 
 benches to accommodate basket picnic par- 
 ties. Tennis, baseball and cricket grounds 
 accommodate lovers of these sports, and 
 there are ample bathing houses along the 
 harbor beach for those who have time and 
 inclination to bathe. An excellent restau- 
 rant in the pavilion will provide for tempo- 
 rary needs, while there are a number of 
 losey little simimer cottages which can be 
 secured for a long or short period, on very 
 reasonable terms, by parties desiring to be'free from hotel life. If you desire surf bathing, it is but a few 
 minutes' walk over to the Fundv shore, where the waves come rolling in without check or hindrance. As for fish- 
 ing, you have but to drop your line from the end of the long pier, and your basket will fill apace. And such air! 
 If it blows from the east or the south, you get the pure breath of the Atlantic. If it blows from the west or 
 north, you get the salubrious salt of old P'undy. 
 
 And best of all — the view! You will have no idea when you land at the pier and mount the short ascent 
 how magnificent a vision you will soon enjov. Stretchmg awav to the south is the boundless Atlantic: over to 
 the southeast, looking to the left of the lighthouse, you see Gannett Rock and the Tusket Islands, fifteen miles 
 away. To the west of you rolls the restless bay. To the north of you is the bold and ragged shore, stretching 
 away towards St. Mary's Bay, while across the harbor is the pretty little city of Yarmouth, with its bustling 
 wharves, handsome homes, and stately spires. 
 
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YARMOUTH HARBOR AXD BAY VIEW lAKk. 
 
FISHING SCENES ABOUT YARMOUTH. 
 
ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE. 
 
 'HE Halifax & Yarmouth Railway has opened up many new points in a section of the province re- 
 plete with historic interest and other attractions for tourists. This new railway runs from 
 Yarmouth to Barrington. a distance of fifty miles, and will be continued through to Halifax. At 
 present, connection is made by boat at Barrington for Halifax, and all those beauty spots of nature 
 intervening, Lockport, Liverpool, Chester, Mahone Bay, and Lunenburg, each ofTering an elysium 
 to the summer tourist, either for a day or for the season. 
 One may board the morning train and soon be speeding down over the historic ground where, hundreds 
 of years before the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth Rode, the daring Norsemen and Vikings roamed 
 about, leaving many memorials of their visits, which are still a source of wonder and mvstery to men versed in 
 antiquities. Later on, long before New England was ever dreamed of, the southern shore, with its peerless 
 harbors, was explored by DeMonts, and subsequently became the scene of manv of the battles which were 
 fought between the Gaul and the Anglo-Saxon for the possession of the continent. 
 
 Here it was that the Huguenot, LaTour built a fort and hoisted the royal flag of the Bourbons, hoping to 
 make this the centre of French power in the New World. 
 
 Ten miles from Yarmouth is Tusket, celebrated principally for its salmon and trouting river and its beauti- 
 ful bay. This place was settled by Loyalists from New York and Connecticut. 
 
 Belleville and Eel Brook, on the shores of a beautiful lake five miles long, which abounds with the finest 
 of fish,, are but a short distance from Tusket. They are both French Acadian settlements. 
 
 Skirting the shore another eight miles, the road reaches the French Acadian settlement of Pouboncourt, 
 anglicized as Pubnico, the oldest French Acadian settlement in the world. 
 
 Passing through Wood's Harbor and Shag Harbor, Barrington, with its long pier, its old Presbyterian 
 Church, its crowd of gay summer visitors, and its comfortable hotels, is soon reached. 
 
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g-USKET RIVER BRIDGE, ON LINE OF HALIFAX & YARMOUTH RAILWAY. 
 
BARRINGTON. 
 
 \RRIXGTON is a settlement on the old stage road from Yarmouth to Shelbunie, — in fact, from Yar- 
 mouth to Halifax, for the different stage lines connect all the way through, — and all its houses are 
 built along this road, the town stretching out along the harbor four or five miles. Great Lake, about 
 twelve miles from Harrington, which 
 
 is the source of both the Pubiiico and Barring- 
 ton rivers, is also a popular resort for both the 
 hunter and fisherman. Innumerable brooks and 
 rivers also offer a diversity of sport for the en- 
 thusiast, while at any point in the harbor the best 
 of duck and coot shooting is to be had. 
 
 Barrington Beach, about a mile long, is a 
 popular resort, where clambakes are often 
 served and where boats may be secured, or the 
 luxurv of salt water bathing in water not too 
 cold may be enjoyed. Picnic parties on Bar- 
 rington River are numerous, and many camps 
 are located along its banks, where New Eng- 
 landers are spending a restful summer. 
 
 A pleasant afternoon may be spent in 
 cruising about the harbor, inspecting the light- 
 ship in Barrington Passage and Baccaro Light b.xkui.nhici.x ^.\. s.,) i'iek. 
 at the entrance to the harbor. The ferryboat, "Yuba." runs over to Cape Sable Island, the most southerlv point 
 of Nova Scotia, ^\'hen you land here remember that, from the standpoint of civilized occupation, you are stand- 
 ing: on the oldest tract of land in the two Americas. 
 
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REGATTA DAY AT SHELBURNE, N. S. 
 
SHELBURNE AND ITS WONDERFUL HISTORY. 
 
 IY ^ ' 'T more wonderful is the rise and fall of old oeean's tide than was the rise and fall of 
 Slielhnrne. It was to be a great metropolis. It was planned on a generous seale. People 
 of no ordinary clay, who understood the value of its wonderful harbor, intended to make it 
 the commercial rival of New York. 
 
 The Revolutionary \\'ar was over. George of England had 
 recalled his troops, and George of Mrginia was supreme from Maine 
 to Georgia. In the larger cities of the United States were many 
 Loyalists who did not relish their jiosition under the new regime. 
 They had no love for a repulilic or an experimental government, and 
 longed to get back under the old flag. So they decided to emigrate. 
 Captain White, secretary of the Xew York society, got them together, 
 many from Baltimore and Philadelphia joining their ranks. They built 
 their houses, ready f(jr erection, in l\cw York, and loaded them on a fleet of twenty English vessels, — men-of- 
 war, square-rigged ships, schooners and sloops, — and. taking their slaves along to do the work, departed for 
 Nova Scotia. Captain White had previously seen Shelburne Harbor, and, one bright morning in May, 1783, 
 conducted his followers to its head waters, where, on a beautiful stretch of land nestling at the foot of surround- 
 ing hills, and plentifully supplied with an abundan;e of pure, fresh water, they disembarked and commenced tlie 
 construction of what was to be the finest cit\- in the New World. And why should it not have been? 
 
 It is a magnificent sail up Shelburne Harbor, — the finest on the Atlantic coast, — ten miles long by three 
 wide, entirely landlocked, and with a channel deep enough for the largest craft afloat. \\ ith every advantage 
 that nature could liestow, with a location more advantageous in every way for commerce than is possessed by 
 the principal shipping ports of to-day, Shelburne should indeed have played an important part in the history of 
 the world. 
 
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ROUND BAY BEACH, NEAR SIIEI.BURNE. 
 
In the following- September another fleet of almost equal size, and laden ui the same way, landed its freight 
 of families and buildings, and the new city was inaugurated with a population of fourteen thousand souls. 
 Within a year, three million dollars — in those days an immense sum — had been expended on it, and when Gov- 
 ernor Parr sailed from Halifax to 
 visit them, they entertained lavishly, 
 and changed the name of the gay 
 capital from "New Jerusalem" to 
 "Shelburne," in honor of England's 
 Premier. Prince Edward, grand- 
 father of England's present King, also 
 visited the famous place, and the 
 whole city came forth to do him honor. 
 Dinmg and feasting continued. Work 
 was beneath the residents — and why 
 should they work? The English 
 government furnished the supplies. 
 BiU the time came when these sup- 
 plies were discontinued and the gay 
 capital began to grow hungry. The 
 people knew not how to work, and, 
 indeed, all lucrative occupations were 
 beneath them. They would neither 
 fish, farm, nor trade. They had pala- 
 tial houses, but they were empty and 
 ■could not be maintained, and soon their stately mansions with mahogany balustrades and marble mantels be- 
 came homes for the birds to nest in, and soon the fourteen thousand were reduced to four luuidred. 
 
 M.MN STREET, SHELBURNE. 
 
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LOCKEPOkT BEACH. 
 
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 HE sail from Shclburne to Lockeport is very pleasant, but if one is pressed for 
 
 time it is a pleasant trip to drive around by the shore instead of waiting for 
 
 the steamer. In a sharp turn of the road, from the brow of a hill, this gem 
 
 of a town, neai"ly surrounded by water, is perceived. Winding down the 
 
 side of a gentle decline, the road made its way to a substantial iron bridge, 
 
 which connected what seemed to be an island with the mainland. Across 
 
 the bridge is thetown, which contains about fourteen hundred souls, and here 
 
 we put up at a neat little hotel. Ragged Island, as this place was originally 
 
 called, was settled by two families, — Lockes and Churchills, — Loyalists 
 
 \vho came from Plymouth about the time of the War of Independence, and 
 
 the name has since been changed to Lockeport- The descendants of these 
 
 two families have remained here, and in spite of its present population of 
 
 about fourteen huntlred, these two names are so common in the town that 
 
 (jne might almost believe that the place was inhabited entirely by the 
 
 Lockes and Churchills. From Spy Rock may be obtained an excellent view 
 
 of the town and the coast as well. With the aid of a glass Shelburne 
 
 Lighthouse and its light is distinctly perceptible on clear nights. Following along the brow of the hill to the 
 
 end of the promontory on the west side of the island lay the beach! The white, silvery sand, full of mica dust, 
 
 glistens in the sun, and even when perfectly dry it is so hard that it does not show a heel print. No wonder 
 
 that everybody in town, young and old, owns a bicvcle. No wonder that the boys like to play cricket. No 
 
 wonder that the young ladies are rosy-cheeked and beautiful. No wonder that the young men are so strong and 
 
 manly. With such a beach before them, who could stay indoors when there was a possible chance to get out? 
 
LUhKliMM,. LOOKING TOWARD THE PIER. 
 
LIVERPOOL. 
 
 I\'ERPOOL, the next port of calling, came into existence in 1759 or 1760, and while not as 
 large as its namesake across the ocean, has now grown to be a town of considerable impor- 
 tance, and its residents are justly proud of their progress. They are liberal in public improve- 
 ments and determined in their efforts to make the most of what nature has done for them in 
 the beautiful location of their town, where the waters of the river Mersey and the waters of the 
 ocean mingle. Two years ago the most of the buildings along the harbor front, as well as the wdiarves, were 
 destroved bv lire, but they were immediately rebuilt in a handsome and substantial manner; and, as "there is 
 no great evil without some small good," to this fire Liverpool owes the possession of one of the finest hotels in 
 the province. The hotel will accommodate a large number of guests, and is exceedingly well conducted under 
 the management of its accommodating proprietor. The town, too, has other hotels, and any number of summer 
 visitors will find plenty of accommodation for any 
 length of time they may desire to stay. And Liver- 
 pool is a good place in which to sojourn for 
 some time. There are many points of interest to at- 
 tract the tourist, and plenty of amusements for those 
 who remain. Its long main street, bordered by large 
 shade trees and substantial residences, makes a beauti- 
 ful promenade for a summer's evening and furnishes 
 an excellent track for the bicyclists, who are numer- 
 ous. The street terminates abruptly at Fort Point, a 
 tiny peninsula, where the old fort used to stand, but 
 where now stands the lighthouse which guides the 
 mariner at night to a safe harbor. Fort Point is also 
 utilized as a public park, and although small in extent, 
 it furnishes much of the outdoor pleasure of the town. 
 
 THE ELMS, M.\IN STREET. 
 
If you wish to see a bit 
 of fine scenery, cross the river 
 and ascend to the summit of 
 Wild Cat, the highest point of 
 land for miles around. From 
 here a long- stretch of the 
 shore is visible, as well as the 
 bay and both Liverpool 
 and Brooklyn harbors, while 
 nortliwest the Liverpool River 
 winds its way through a lieau- 
 tiful valley. 
 
 The tramway from Liver- 
 pool, through Milton and 
 along the river jNIersey, to the 
 pulo mills, furnishes a noveltv 
 
 MILTON ON THE LIVERPOOL RIVER, . ', , . , , , ' 
 
 m the way of a ride, and the 
 genial manager of the mills will show you how spruce logs are converted into pulp, which in turn is converted 
 into every conceivable form of paper. 
 
 Milton itself, only two and one-half miles from Liverpool, is a beautiful village. located on the banks of the 
 Mersey, where the salmon disport themselves in all the glory of that noble fish. Thirty salmon is no unusual 
 catch in one day by the local fishermen. 
 
 The country about Liverpool abounds in lakes and rivers, and Lake Rossignol. one of the largest lakes in the 
 province, is within easv reach. Tn truth, the largest fish and the largest game are to be found in greatest abun- 
 dance about this vicinitv. 
 
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 LUNENBURG. 
 
 ^y-i W-ii<?3 UNENBURG, thirty-five miles from Liverpool, has quite a commercial importance, being the ter- 
 ' t'^/l'^Tv minus of the Central Railway of Nova Scotia, as well as a port whose trade is a very important 
 
 item. It is also the shire, or county seat. Its settlement, dating back to 1753, makes it one of 
 the oldest of provincial towns. The original settlers came principally from Lunenburg in Ger- 
 \ I ~"' many. The original German and French names, many of the old customs, a genius for music, 
 and passion for flowers and horticulture, and the language of the Valcrland (which our Anglo- 
 Saxon, with all its monopolizing tendency, has not yet been able to drive out), — these all impress 
 the stranger, and point to the stock from which the present generation glory in tracing their descent. 
 
 No one ever visits Lunenburg, takes in the enchanting scenry, — landscape and marine, — partakes of the 
 real old German hospitality of its people, without, on his departure, registering a vow that he will return some 
 following season to renew the acquaintance. 
 
 There can be no more delightful view than that from Blockhouse Hill. Looking north, we see the Back 
 Harbor and other arms of the sea in the distance, forming peninsulas, whereon are the homes of the fishermen, 
 in well-tilled fields, showing that they are farmers as well, and exhibiting the care and industrv of the "good 
 frau" during the absence of "her man" on the "Grand Banks' or at the "Labrador." 
 
 Now turn from the ocean view, and yet still westward. Can any scene be more exquisite? Slope after slope 
 of green ami cultivated fields, dotted with white cottages, embowered in foliage, and beyond and over the rolling 
 hills, until "Friedeburg" obstructs the gaze. This is a famous point of observation, being the highest altitude 
 in the vicinity. Here is an observatory. From the north window is seen Lunenburg and its environments, and 
 the Atlantic shimmering in the background. Turning to the left, the sparkling waters of Mahone Bay catch the 
 eye. Farther away, and there is Chester Bay, with the noted sunnuer resort, Chester itself, in the forgeround of 
 Aspotogan, a giant ranking ne.xt to Blomidon, the highest promontory in the province. 
 
 History suggests that our American cousins have a peculiar interest in the town of Lunenburg, — that in 
 the year 1782 one of their fleets captured the old town, held it to ransom, but finally sailed awav, and has never 
 yet demanded the redemption. 
 
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LUNENBURG VIEWS. 
 
GRAND OLD HALIFAX, 
 
 THE GIBRALTAR OF AMERICA. 
 
 r is a five hours' sail from Lunenburg to Halifax. Entering the 
 harbor, your attention is most attracted by the high cliff at your left, 
 which rises so precipitous and steep. That is York Redoubt, with so 
 many of the largest and deadliest guns pointing out toward the mouth 
 of the harbor as to make getting into Halifax a most unpleasant en- 
 terprise for people who are not wanted. This large island at your 
 right, which stretches across the liarbor from side to side, sheltering it 
 from the winds and waves of the Atlantic is McNabb's Island, with a 
 fortification at either end. Passing jMcNabb's Island and steaming 
 on toward the city, you come to another island smaller than McNabb's. 
 his is George's Island, where Fort Charlotte is situated. At your left is 
 Point Pleasant, which is the southernmost point of the peninsula on 
 which Halifax is situated. And a few minutes later the swift steamer on 
 whose substantial decks you have passed many a delightful hour is 
 rounding into the dock, and the cabmen soon have you — those Halifax cabmen, the most wonderful masters of 
 the gentle art of persuasion in the world. It is only a matter of fifty cents, however, to ride up to vour hotel. 
 Speaking of hotels, Halifax is thoroughl\- to be commended in this respect. Nothing could be more com- 
 fortable, commodious and complete than the "Halifax," or the "Queen." They give you wonderfully spacious 
 apartments, and their table will tempt you far beyond your needs. 
 
 Halifax is a thriving and picturesque city of some forty-five thousand inhabitants, the commercial and 
 political capital of a prosperous and wealthy province, possessing much to interest and attract. 
 
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EXTRAXCE TO I'OIXT PLEAiANT PARK. 
 
To its commercial advantages and natural beauties its importance as a military and naval station adds a 
 prestige which it might not otherwise enjoy. From the summit of Fort George, better known as Citadel Hill, 
 a superb view of the city, the harbor and the surrounding country may be obtained. The older portion of the 
 town lies between it and the water, and the straight cross-streets lead the eye down to the harbor, where vessels 
 bearing the flags of all nations are at anchor. On a clear, sunny morning the scene is one of the prettiest sights 
 imaginable. To the north, shimmering in the summer sun and specked with the wings of pleasure boats, lie the 
 bright waters of Bedford Basin, into which the harbor opens out after passing through the Narrows. To the east 
 are the low hills on the Dartmouth side, and George's Island, green and well kept, looking as though dropped in 
 mid-harbor by some giant in his play. Beyond are the massive buildings known as Mount Hope Insane Asy- 
 lum, with Fort Clarence, grim and stern, a little below ; while on Mauger's Beach stands an antiquated Mar- 
 tello tower, turned in old age from the warlike uses of its youth, and peacefully holding aloft a bright beacon to 
 warn the sailor ofif the reef below. Beyond this again is a wide sweep of sail-fiecked ocean, with perhaps the 
 smoke of a passing steamer dimly visible on the horizon. Below and around are the buildings of the town with 
 here and there a spire rising from among green foliage. 
 
 Halifa.N, however, is seen to best advantage 
 from the water. Myriads of pleasure boats thread 
 their way in and out on the water-alleys among 
 the ships at anchor. His Majesty's flag-ship and 
 its con.-orts lie motionless as forts amid animated 
 scenes. 
 
 Besides its historic importance as the capital of the 
 great Maritime Province of Nova Scotia. Flalifax has a 
 special importance as the only garrison town now in 
 Canada, and as the chief naval station of Britain in the 
 New World. In this latter respect it seems to form one 
 distinctive and inseparable link of connection between 
 
 NOO.VD.W Gl'.V. HAl.II-AX. 
 
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MILITARY HALIKAX. 
 
the colony and the inotlier land. In its origin, not only is the link with Britain close and intimate, but, in what 
 may be termed its niedi?eval era, the link is strengthened by the fact that it was once the residence of the Duke 
 of Kent, father of the late Queen \'ictoria, while commanding the forces of Britain on the North Atlantic 
 Station. 
 
 The distinctive feature of the city is its mihtary and naval character. Here, on any summer day, may be 
 seen throngs of "jolly tars," or, in the popular phrase, "blue jackets," parading the streets, a company of red- 
 coated soldiers marching with 
 measured tread from some one of 
 the many military stations to an- 
 other. But sternly as she is 
 guarded by forts and battlements 
 on shore, and by a noble fleet on 
 sea, Halifax invites her American 
 cousin and inland Canadian sister 
 to come and see her, and assures 
 them all a most cordial welcome. 
 
 Halifax is not only the head- 
 quarters for King Edward \'H's 
 North American Squadron, but 
 he keeps two regiments of sol- 
 diers posted here, consisting of 
 infantry, artillery and engineers. 
 The soldiers are a very conspic- 
 uous and enlivening feature of the 
 landscape. You can distinguish 
 
 them in this way: the infantry wear red coats and Scotch caps; the artillery, blue coats and box caps; and the 
 engineers, red coats with blue collars, and the little box cap. 
 
 FORT CAMBRIDGE. 
 
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fn the afternoon vou must surely go to the Public Garden, for the military band plays there, and all Halifax 
 is out to hear it. The Public Garden is a charming spot from any point of view, — rich in trees and flowers and 
 lakes and running streams. Handy itineraries, describing all points of interest about Halifax, issued by the 
 Tourist Association, will lie found at the hotels, etc. 
 
 THE PARK, HALIl-A.X. 
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THROUGH EVANGELINE'S LAND. 
 
 F you have time witiiout limit, it will well repay you to extend your Nova Scotian trip iijto Prince Ed- 
 ward Island or far-way Cape Breton ; but if you must place some restrictions on your summer tour, 
 your best course on leaving Halifax is to take the cars of the Dominion Atlantic Railway and go 
 back to Yarmouth, two hundred and eighteen miles away. The country traversed by this road is 
 much more familiar to the American tourist than the bold South Shore along which we have so re- 
 cently sailed, but this familiarity does not serve to impair one's interest; for it is a wonderfully attractive coun- 
 try, a land of history and romance and poetry. 
 
 You leave Halifa.x from the Intercolonial station, and ride on the rails of the Intercolonial road until you 
 reach Windsor Junction, some fifteen miles away. There the road branches; the Intercolonial goes eastward to 
 Truro and Pictou, and to distant Cape Breton, but your train at this point switches on to the rails of the Domin- 
 ion Atlantic, which reach from Windsor Junction to Yarmouth. The ride from Halifax to the Junction, how- 
 ever, along the shore of the Bedford Basin, is too pretty not to be entitled to at least a scant word. A charm- 
 ing sheet of water is Bedford Basin, and the Haligonians fully appreciate it, for they have built their summer 
 residences along its shores, and have their boating regattas here ; and those who cannot afford a town house 
 and a country house come out to Bedford Basin for their picnics. If you are on the right-hand side of the car 
 
 and look out at just the right moment, you will see, high on an embankment 
 above your head, a white band rotunda, now used as a bicycle clubhouse. 
 Take a good look at it, for that is all that remains of what a hundred years 
 ago was the "Prince's Lodge," where Prince Edward used to stay. The lodge 
 itself was long since devoured by the gnawing tooth of time, but the little 
 house with encircling pillars, built presumably for the accomodation of the 
 liand, stands intact, — a fine illustration of the preservative power of music. 
 
 After passing Windsor Junction you strike across to Windsor, thirty 
 miles away, through a wild and rugged country. You must certainly alight 
 at Windsor. There are at least four things there that will interest you. The 
 
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BEDFORD BASIN. 
 
first is old Fort Edward, just back of the station. It will well repay you to clamber over the fence and mount 
 to its top. You will find an old blockhouse there, built many years ago to defy the wily Indian, and near it 
 two still older buildings, — the officers' quarters when the fort was in active use. Around these old buildings 
 you will see the moat, now almost filled. Rut perhaps the best part of the fort is the fine view it affords you of 
 the town and its environ- 
 ment. Off in front of you, over 
 the roof of the station, you 
 see the Avon River, on which 
 the town is situated. To the 
 right, flowing into the Avon, 
 is the St. Croix, from whose 
 banks, a few miles up, they 
 quarry great quantities of 
 gypsum ; while back of you 
 lies the town, sheltered by 
 encircling hills. Windsor's 
 second attraction, perhaps its 
 first in point of unique inter- 
 est, is the Avon River. Look- 
 ing out on it now you see a 
 broad, ruddy river, a half- 
 mile wide. Big ships, four- 
 masted schooners, and deep- 
 draught square riggers are sailing over its waters ; but if you look for that same river a few hours later you 
 will find it is gone, — evaporated, vanished. It is only a matter of twelve or thirteen miles from Windsor to 
 Crand Pre, which Longfellow made most famous of all Nova Scotian towns. 
 
 WINDSOR SINCE THE FIRE. 
 
 .S.S 
 
'GASPEREAU VALLEY. 
 
WOLFVILLE. 
 
 i"C)LF\'ILLE, whither you will n;o after doing Grand Pre, is a cliarniini;- little town with big' dikes in 
 front of it to keep out the water. It has become quite a resort for Americans within the last few 
 years, while in the winter the town is given over to students ; for there are several schools here, 
 chief among them Acadia College. You will notice its principal building, a big, white structure, 
 halfway up the hill, that looks like a small edition of the capitol at Washington. It will well repay 
 you, by the way, to climb that hill, keeping on past the college a quarter of a mile till you come to the top of the 
 "Ridge." You get a glorious view. To the north rolls the basin, mile after mile, past distant Blomidon to the 
 shores of Cumberland and Colchester, twenty miles away; while immediately at your feet nestles the pretty little 
 town of Wolfville. Turning around to the south, what a contrast! There, nestled between two mountain 
 ridges, is the little valley of Gaspcreau, too exquisite to seem real. It lies before you so hushed, so tranquil, so 
 out of accord with this jarring, rushing world that you will rub your eyes to see if it is not a dream. 
 
 A ride of seven miles on the railroad takes you from Wolfville to Kentville, the shire town of the county of 
 Kings, and a place of considerable importance in the railroad world, being the headquarters of the Dominion 
 Atlantic Line. It is a town of some social prominence, too, with a distinct l{nglish flavor; and it is in the very 
 heart of a famous fruit-growing section, for to the east of it lies the Cornwallis \'alley and to the west the An- 
 napolis \allev, the garden of the whole peninsula. 
 
 Be sure not to leave Kentville before you have strolled across the little bridge antl up the street that runs 
 along Mill Brook up to the old mill. It is one of the shadiest, most retiring nooks in the whole world; and as 
 you walk under those great overarching elms with the little chattering stream racing along between its rocky 
 banks, with barelv room here and there for a house to stand, it will seem incredible to you that you are on the 
 same planet with Washington Street and Broadway. You will envy the people who live in that reposeful cor- 
 ner, even if some of them do have to climb precipitous paths to reach their doorsteps. 
 
 Kentville, too, like Wolfville, has its hill. It is back of the schoolhouse, and a brisk fifteen-minute walk 
 will bring you to the top, where you can look to the eastw'ard twenty miles to the Basin of Minas, and to the 
 westward twenty miles down the valley of the Annapolis. 
 
 37 
 
WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PRE DIKE. 
 
KENTVILLE TO BLOMIDON AND MINAS BASIN. 
 
 r is a fourteen-mile riile from Kcntville to Kingsport on the Basin of Minas. When you reach Kings- 
 port you will find the stanch little steamer "Evangeline" awaiting you. Board her and take a sail 
 across the basin to Parrsboro. It will give you a grand opportunity to see what Cape Blomidon 
 looks like from the water side; and as you approach the other shore you will find much to occupy 
 your attention. There are the Five Islands to the eastward. Mount Cohetiuid to the north of vou, 
 and Cape .Split and Cape d'Or and Isle de Haute to the west of you. 
 
 But for the view. That \-ou get at "'Look Off." To reach this point \ou must leave the train at Canning, 
 a station nine miles out from Kentvillc, and keep going up until you reach the crest of loftv "Look Off." 
 Though you live to be twice the age of jMethuselah, you will never forget that view. .Seven hundred feet below 
 you, down tlie sheer side of the mountain, lies the Cornwallis \'alley. It stretches off before you southward to 
 South Mountain, fourteen miles away. It rolls away to thewestward to Kentville. fifteen miles awav, and for 
 many miles beyond that. Six different rivers wind 
 along down the valley. In the foreground the little 
 Pereau ; beyond that at intervals of two or three 
 miles come the Habitant, Canard and Cornwallis, 
 and Gaspereau and Avon at the farther side of the 
 valley. You can see as many towns as rivers. 
 
 There is Kingsport, four miles away on the 
 shores of the basin, and Canning, which vou have just 
 left, whose spires you can see peeping up over a little 
 hill. Then there are Kentville and Port Williams to 
 the westward, and Wolfville and Grand Pre towards 
 the south. To the eastward lies the great basin, red with the perpetual strife of its tides beating against the 
 dikes and climbing up Blomidon's ruddy slope, a height of forty, fifty and sixty feet each day; and away off to 
 the east vou can distinctlv see the farther shore of the basin. 
 
 PARRSBORO PIEIi. STIOVVING PARTUIDGE 3SLANn. 
 
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PEREAUX RIVER. 
 
■«■,■■««- 
 
 OLD IILOMIDON A CENTURY GRIM 
 STANDS OUT TO STUD THE DEEP." 
 
A Side Trip to Bridgewater, Mahone and Chester, 
 via the Central Railway. 
 
 Nc 
 
 T is a charming ride on the railroad from Kentville to Annapohs, a stretch of sixty miles down the An- 
 napolis Valley. Halfway in your ride you come to Middleton, notable by reason of the mineral 
 springs that lie near by, and also because it is the junction point from which the Central Railroad of 
 Scotia runs across the peninsula to Lunenburg, a distance of seventv-five miles. 
 
 Making close connection at Middleton, you change trains and soon 
 are climbing up the mountain side at an easy grade, until, as you near 
 the top, you can look out upon a scene of grandeur in strong contrast to 
 the peaceful, pastoral scenery through which you had lately been passing. 
 This Central Railway has been a great factor in the summer tourist bus- 
 iness. All along the line at each station one may see the people gather 
 as the train arrives : and the hotel man is ready to carry the traveller to 
 his inn. where plenty and comfort solace the body, and a charming vista 
 rests the mind. 
 
 Down the other side of the mountain you enter a fine country of 
 hill and dale, forest and stream, and while all about us are the evidences 
 of natural wealth above ground, you hear wonderful stories of imtold 
 wealth beneath, for there are gold mines galore. .Surely nature has 
 been lavish in the bestowment of its charms and has estalilished a solid 
 basis for the peace and prosperity which seem everywhere to exist in 
 this highly favored region. 
 
 Continuing on our journey we reached Bridgewater early in the 
 evening and here we decided to stav. 
 
 TALX RIVKU. 
 
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BRIDGEWATER ON THE LA HAVE. 
 
 II 1-2 I.a Have River, called by some the Rhine, and by others the Rhone, of Nova Scotia, is be- 
 yond all doubt the most beautiful river in the province. Fourteen miles from its mouth is lo- 
 cated the beautiful town of Bridgevvater, where many summer tourists find themselves located, 
 year after year, because of the facilities it offered for attractive side trips, as well as the beautv 
 of the place itself. Cross the bridge and walk for miles up and down the river and you will 
 find it difficult to get any adequate idea of the town from what you can see. Why? Because 
 you are looking upon the side of a steeply sloping hill, and. except for the water front, all you can see is an 
 occasional row of roof tops breaking through the luxuriant foliage of the shade trees which line both sides of 
 every street. Bridgevvater is young compared to the places we have been visiting, but she has made good use 
 of the fifty years of her existence. There is a spirit of enterprise that impresses you immediately. Few places 
 in the province have so ample and well appointed a court house, so capacious a music hall, and such a hand- 
 some and substantial railway station. Imagine a stairway of .streets. That is Bridgewater. From the river 
 front to the brow of the hill, street after street runs parallel with the 
 river, with just room enough between to allow a good-sized back- 
 yard or orchard for the houses which line the streets, and at regular 
 distances others intersect these from the river to the top of the hill. 
 As you stand at the bottom of one of tliese streets, you are not at a 
 loss to understand how people come down in the winter, but the thing 
 that will trouble you is, how do they get up? 
 
 But it is beautiful and novel as well, and you will find so many 
 ways to utilize your time, — excursions down the river and excursions 
 up the river, trips to the Nictaux Mountains, drives into the country, 
 and sails down to Mahone Bay, music and mirth. Such is life at 
 Bridgewater. 
 
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Bridgewater derives considerable importance from the fact tliat it is the lieadquarters of the Nova Scotia 
 
 Central Railway. 
 
 A visit to Crescent Beach should not be omitted by any one who finds himself in Bridgewater during the 
 
 sunmier or autumn months. It can be reached by the steamer "La Have," or by carriage — a beautiful two 
 
 hours' drive. The beach in realitv is 
 an enormous gray sand dike jutting 
 out from the rock-bound mainland 
 seaward about one and one-half 
 miles to an extensive group of is- 
 lands of all sizes and forms, and sepa- 
 rating the waters of La Have Harbor 
 from Petite Riviere Bay. 
 
 L'pon the La Have Harbor side 
 there is no surf, and the water at full 
 tide upon a bright day becomes quite 
 warm, while upon the opposite or 
 I inter side the surf is all that can be 
 desired for ideal bathing. There are 
 v.o sand flies or mosquitoes, and no 
 undertow. [he sand is hard and 
 smooth — perfect for driving and bi- 
 cycling. 
 
 In r>ri(lgewater glorious sunsets 
 
 are witnessed from the hills above the town, whence may be seen, almost any summer evening as the sun sets, a 
 
 gorgeouslv colored panorama taking in the lower part of the river and La Have Harbor, with its hundreds of 
 
 islands. 
 
 I!RIDGEW.\TER. I-OOKTNG UP THE RIVER. 
 
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PLEASANT MAHONE. 
 
 WEIA'E miles from Bridgewater, and six from Lunenburg, by the Central Railway, nestling under 
 the hills, and at the head of a bay of the same name, Hes beautiful Mahone. It is a town of some fif- 
 teen hundred inhabitants, principally of German extraction, and is fast becoming a favorite resort of 
 tourists, bidding fail to rival "Charming Chester" as a watering place. Three liundrcd and sixty-five 
 islands (so the knowing ones say) lie 
 scattered upon this magnificent sheet of 
 water, — a veritable bay of islands, — and 
 a sail upon it, passing in and out 
 through the numerous channels, is one 
 of the most delightful of summer 
 pastimes. A steamer plies between Ma- 
 hone and Chester, connecting with the 
 railway at the former place ; and, as the 
 course is between the islands and main- 
 land, avoiding the swell of Old Ocean, 
 and, consequently, all danger of seasick- 
 ness, the delighted passenger surrenders 
 himself to the full enjoyment of the trip, 
 and fairly revels in scenery which no pen 
 can depict nor painter transfer to can- 
 vas. Constantly changing with each altered turn of the boat's prow, it is a bewildering panorama of Nature at 
 her best. Gliding swiftly and silently through the deep, narrow channels, the idea suggests itself, What an 
 ideal resort for pirates! And such was its reputation in days of yore. But these are prosaic days; the pirates 
 have vanished, and there is now no prospect of stirring adventure on the trip. 
 
 MAHONE HAY. 
 
 45 
 
CHARMING CHESTER. 
 
 lERE is, perhaps, no spot in this Httle province better known to New Englanders than this en- 
 chanting watering-place. It was settled originally, in part, by sons of New England's soil (their 
 descendants survive), so that from the earliest date in its history people of the United States were 
 aware of the beauties and advantages of this locality ; and now each summer tourist from New 
 York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other American towns hie here for health, rest and rec- 
 reation, and a good time generally. 
 
 Chester has been better advertised than any other district of the county of Lunenburg. Msitors from the 
 United States have attended to that, as attested by the increasing number of tourist arrivals each year. 
 
 The scenery is superb. The undulating country ; the variety afforded by the intermingling of land and 
 water ; the pure air to be breathed whilst sojourning amongst the hills ; the special facilities for bathing, boating 
 
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LOOKING TOWARDS CHESTER BASIN, 
 
 and yachting; the many opportunities for sport awaiting the disciples of rod and gun, — these, and more also, make 
 Chester what it is, — a Tourists' Paradise! The harbor of Chester is a haunt of the Roval Nova Scotia Yacht 
 Squadron in the summer season, and a favorite vacation resort for Haligonians and their families. 
 
 One of the many, perhaps the choicest, of picnic grounds, and of which the Chester people arc particularly 
 proud, is "Deep Cove," formed by an arm of the sea running up to the base of Aspotogan. about a mile in 
 length, and at the head, some nine hundred feet in width, varying towartls tlie mouth. The water is exceed- 
 ingly bold, and large ships can lie close to the shore. A climb to the summit of .Aspotogan well repavs one, as 
 nothing can excel tlie beauty and grandeur here displaved. 
 
 There is comparatively little fog, and it seldom lasts longer than a day, generally disappearing before the 
 sun is at the zenith. The days arc usually bright, while the nights are cool, and warm wraps are needed of an 
 evening. 
 
 Chester, being a watering-place, is, as a matter of course, well provided with hotels, and the town has 
 earned a reputation for the manner in which its hostelries manage to provide for the comfort tif the "inner man." 
 
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ANCIENT ANNAPOLIS. 
 
 UT everything must come to an end, and so with your mind filled with pleasant meniories. vou leave 
 fair Chester behind and return by rail to Middleton on your journey to Annapolis, on your wav 
 passing through the pleasant towns of Lawrencetown and Bridgetown, both of which are provided 
 with comfortable hotels, and whose citizens take pride in bringing to the tourists' notice the many 
 beauties and attractions with which the locality abounds. 
 
 You must indeed be a singularly insensible person if you do not feel a distinct thrill as the train pulls in at 
 the station at Annapolis, and you find yourself in the oldest town, with the sole exception of St. Augustine, on 
 the American continent. It was founded in 1604. That was three years before Jamestown and a good twenty- 
 six years before Boston came into 
 existence ; so you see that you are 
 in the presence of venerable anti- 
 quity. You probably will be most 
 interested in the old fort, which is 
 still in a sufficient state of preser- 
 vation to convey a fair idea of its 
 departed glory. One still has to 
 walk across a bridge over the old 
 moat to get within the earth- 
 works. There he will find the old 
 officers' quarters, now inhabited 
 by the dusky caretakers whose an- 
 cestors doubtless came many 
 years ago from Barbadoes. There, 
 too, is the old French magazine, 
 
 ANN.'\POLIS RIVER. 
 
 49 
 
LEAK RIVER VILLAGE BETWEEN ANNAl'OLIS AND DIGBY. 
 
hiiill in 1741 ; and there is the sul>terrancan passage through which a garrison, too hard pressed, might have es- 
 caped. And, oldest and most interesting of all, just at the edge of the fort is the old pier, built in 1640, the old- 
 est pier in America. From the embankments of the forts one can see the hilltops where the French, when 
 driven out by the English, took their last stand and made their last fight. The old graveyard, which is also in 
 the fort, is a very interesting spot to visit ; 
 and one will see some quaint old head- 
 stones there, with dates now nearly two 
 hundred years in the past. 
 
 By keeping along the main street past 
 the fort, one comes to the court house, with 
 an enormous willow in front over eighteen 
 feet in circumference. Farther down the 
 street are many exceedingly handsome resi- 
 dences, for there was a time when the peo- 
 ple of Annapolis, like the people of Yar- 
 mouth, built many, ships and made mucli 
 money. There is, in fact, a very conspic- 
 uous savor of aristocracy about the place : 
 it is decidedly English. 
 
 There are many delightful drives in 
 this vicinity, one that they call the "Three 
 Bridges Road," leading by the Indian village, and another to Young's Mountain, seven miles away, froiu which 
 the most extensive view may be obtained ; and another to the La Ouille River, where the original French lo- 
 cated their fort, and where traces may still be seen of the first sawmill ever built on American soil, erected two 
 hundred years ago. 
 
 OLD lIOUsEj KOUNlJ IIII.L, 17O0. 
 
 51 
 
PICTURESQUE DIGBY. 
 
 IGBY, the Newport of Nova Scotia, will claim a well-deserved meed of praise, as your admiring gaze 
 takes in its splendid harbor and hillside panorama of pastoral loveliness. 
 
 Digby was first settled by the French, probably two hundred years ago. Afterwards, fugitive Loy- 
 alists from the victorious Thirteen States found it a good place, and located there. But for some years Digby 
 
 - has been owned by the 
 
 summer boarder; it capit- 
 ulated over a decade ago ; 
 and now, through July 
 and August, it is his own. 
 There are, all told, some 
 dozen pretentious and un- 
 pretentious hotels, large 
 and small, which are filled 
 to overflowing with Amer- 
 ican vacationists ; and a 
 more delightful place in 
 which to pass a vacation, a 
 more picturesque, quaint, 
 breezy and restful little 
 spot, could not well be 
 imagined. In the first 
 I'oiNT PRI.M LIGHT, NEAR DiGBv. pl^ce, thcrc are the views, 
 
 to be had from any point, but especially attractive from the hilltop above the village, where the reach of vision 
 up the beautiful basin is simply magnificent. The view from the end of the long pier is also charming in 
 its variety. Before you lies the deep blue basin which every one who has been there says looks like another 
 Bay of Naples. Of? to the north, cut clean and sheer through the eternal rock of old North Mountain, is Digby 
 
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Wi(^t:^'7;i^. 
 
Gap, between whose high, bold walls the great Fundy tides come rushing in and out. Just back of the gap 
 Beaman's Mountain rises up like the top of a sugar loaf; and, if any one wants good muscular exercise, he can 
 be commended to attempt its summit- It is not very high, as mountains go with us in this country, being only 
 
 seven hundred feet, but it is steep and rugged. 
 Under the base of the mountain is the 
 Raquettc, the big mouth of a small river. 
 Here the Indians are camped all through the 
 summer in their scant little wigwams. Then 
 back of the pier rests the delightful little vil- 
 lage, clinging to the hillside, and seeming on 
 the point of slipping off, with head on the 
 hilltop and feet in the water; while over 
 in the right are "The Joggins," the wide, 
 red shoals where the tide, as it rushes in, 
 gets so heated racing along over the hot 
 sand that one may liathe in the water with 
 as comfortable a sensation as if it were 
 in the Gulf of Mexico. And over beyond 
 "The Joggins" is the entrance to Acacia 
 A'alley ; and still farther to the right 
 Bear River and Bear Island. It is a view as varied as it is beautiful. 
 
 There is excellent Ijoating, also, at Digby. One can venture out upon the broad basin in a frail canoe, if he 
 choose, so quiet is the water; and yet it is deep enough for the largest ocean steamers that float. There is 
 good fishing, too ; and one may drop a line almost anywhere with the assurance of reciving a quick reply. There 
 is also shooting in this vicinity of a character to please the most ardent sportsman, — snipe, woodcock, rabbits 
 and foxes, to sav nothimj' of an occasional moose. 
 
 DIGUY, FROM MOUTH OF BE.\R RIVER, 
 
 54 
 
WEYMOUTH. 
 
 OIT should not leave the valley without 
 
 making a stop at WevuKnith, the cosiest, 
 
 prettiest village in the valley. Nestling on 
 
 the slopes of two hills which rise gradually 
 from the banks of the Sissiboo River, its clean, pretty 
 l>uildings overtop one another, and all have an exten- 
 sive and beautiful view of the valley. The river offers 
 exceptionally good facilities for boating, and it is bu.t 
 two miles by the river from Weymouth to St. Mary's 
 l'>av, which is certainl\- one of the prettiest spots in 
 the whole peninsula. In the evening, the village liand 
 discourses sweet music, and from the veranda of its 
 comfortable hotel, or in one of the hammocks which 
 are suspended about the lawn in front of the house, 
 von can enjov the quiet of nature in its most beautiful 
 aspect. There are plenty of amusements, too, and 
 you will find the residents of the village courteous and 
 interesting in the extreme. 
 
 If you would fish, you will find plenty to direct or go with vou to the right spot. If you wish a pleasure 
 trip on the river, there are those who will loan you a boat, or get up a party for you. When }-ou get ofif the 
 train at the neat little station, you will find there the proprietor of the hotel in waiting for guests, and you 
 need have no further trouble. He will do the rest, and you can immediately enter upon all the pleasures the 
 place afifords, and vou will find them to be many. You need Init be good-natured yourself and you will enjoy 
 every moment. Whatever you may desire, willing hands will assist you to make your stay in ^^'eyInouth one 
 one never to be forgotten. 
 
 A PART OF WEYMOUTH. 
 
 35 
 
HOMEWARD-BOUND. 
 
 If in 
 
 ^ SHORT ride from Weymouth and you are back again at Yarmouth. You will be glad to put up at 
 the "Grand," not that other hotels have proved so poor, but because this has proved so good. And 
 you will enter the dining-room with an appetite brought to a fine edge by the memory of your former 
 visit. 
 
 your flight through tlie province you have left any desire unfulfilled, — if you still want more boating, 
 
 more fishing, more cycling, more scenery, 
 you can easily supply the deficiency before 
 you leave Yarmouth. If you have not yet 
 had your fill of fishing, get a guide and 
 go out to Tusket Lakes — you will find it a 
 glorious ending to your summer's sport. If 
 it's boating you want, try the harbor at 
 flood tide, and if you still feel an aching 
 void for scenery, take the little launch once 
 more over to Bay View Park, clamber up 
 again to its peak, and drink in that super- 
 nal scene — and then board the "Boston'' 
 for home. 
 
 The Yarmouth Line steamer leaves 
 shortly after the arrival of connecting 
 trains and boats at about five in the after- 
 noon, and it will get you down the harbor 
 and out on the liroad ocean in ample sea- 
 son to see the great Atlantic catch fire in 
 
 YARMOUTH LINE PIER^ YARMOUTH, N. S. ^ 
 
 S6 
 
the west, burst into a blaze of splendor, and then gradually die away from crimson to purple, and from purple to 
 gray, as the sun drops into his watery bed. If there is a moon, you will find the evening perfect, and if there isn't 
 a moon the stars will do just as well. But you will find that your sojourn in Nova Scotia has made you a prodi- 
 gious sleeper, and by ten o'clock you will tumble into your berth to sleep as sound as a saint, while memories of 
 the delightful outing you have so recently enjoyed will hover round your pillow and give color to your dreams. 
 
 Next morning the ship will be in Massachusetts 
 Bay, fast drawing near the land. Soon she turns her 
 sharp prow toward the old, familiar lighthouse that 
 stands like a tireless sentinel at the entrance of Bos- 
 ton Harbor. Next she is in the channel, steaming 
 between Hull and the rocky reefs to the northward, 
 past green old Warren, looking so serene and peace- 
 ful notwithstanding its big-mouthed guns. Then you 
 see flashing in the morning sun the gilded dome, and 
 you unconsciously straighten a little when you point 
 it out to those unfortunates whose lives have been 
 such an utter blank that they are now approaching 
 Boston for the first time. A half hour later you have 
 walked down the gangplank. And the customs offi- 
 cer, as he dives into your baggage, notices, even with 
 his hurried glance, that you have brought back a great many things which you did not take away, — thousands 
 of dollars' worth — but, poor fellow, he has to let you enter them duty free, for there's no tariff on round cheeks 
 and clear eyes, hard muscles and hardy nerves, nor on the great stores of vitality that will last you for a big 
 year's work. And as you talk over your vacation with your friends, they will discover that you have gained 
 new experience, seen new sights, broadened your horizon; and that the land of '"Evangeline" has gained a new 
 friend who will surely, in season and out of season, continually sing its praises. 
 
 r.OSTON LIGHT. 
 
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NOVA SCOTIA HOTELS. 
 
 The following is a partial list of the principal Hotels and Boarding-houses of the Provinces. Outside of Halifax (whose 
 two leading hotels, the Halifax and Queen, can comfortably house 350 and 250 guests, respectively) they will accommodate 
 from IS to 75 or 35 to 40, on an average. Rates will range from $4 to $9 per week, but will average $5 to $6. It will always 
 be well to communicate with the proprietors, in advance, as to terms and accommodations. 
 
 TOWN 
 
 hotel 
 
 PROPRIETOR 
 
 TOWN 
 
 hotel 
 
 proprietor 
 
 Annapolis .... 
 
 Clifton House . . . 
 
 T. Millidge Gavaza. 
 
 DiGBY 
 
 De Balinhard's . . 
 
 J. A. C. deEalinhard. 
 
 <• 
 
 
 
 Queen . . . 
 
 
 Riordan Bros. 
 
 it 
 
 
 
 Digby House . 
 
 
 Misses Smith. 
 
 (( 
 
 
 
 Hillsdale . . 
 
 
 C. A. Perkins. 
 
 a 
 
 
 
 Burnham's . 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Burnham. 
 
 Aylesford . . 
 
 
 
 Aylesford . . 
 
 
 M. N. Graves. 
 
 It 
 
 
 
 Bay of Fundy 
 
 
 
 J. O'Conner. 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Aylesford House 
 
 
 Mrs. Corbin. 
 
 Fredericton, N. B. 
 
 
 Queen Hotel 
 
 
 
 J. Edwards. 
 
 Baddeck . . . 
 
 
 
 Bras d'Or House 
 Telegraph . 
 
 
 Frank Anderson 
 J. Dunlap. 
 
 Grand Narrows 
 Grand Pre. . 
 
 
 
 Grand Narrows 
 Clear View . 
 
 
 
 McDougall & McNeil. 
 Hy. Mitchell. 
 
 Bear River . . 
 
 
 
 Bear River . 
 
 
 R. Hams. 
 
 " " . 
 
 
 
 
 Delamere 
 
 
 
 
 Mrs. G. H. Roscoe. 
 
 Berwick . . . 
 
 
 
 Central House . 
 
 
 Mrs. Vaughn. 
 
 U 1> 
 
 
 
 
 
 Grand Pre 
 
 
 
 
 \V. C. Trenholm. 
 
 li 
 
 
 
 Evangeline . . 
 
 
 Geo. Kirkpatrick. 
 
 Halifax 
 
 
 
 
 
 Halifax . 
 
 
 
 
 Hesslein & Son. 
 
 Bridgetown. . 
 
 
 
 Grand Central . 
 
 
 E. M. Langley. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Queen 
 
 
 
 
 I. P. Fairbanks. 
 
 i< 
 
 
 
 Revere . . . 
 
 
 Mrs. Russell. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Waverly . 
 
 
 
 
 Miss Romans. 
 
 It 
 
 
 
 Mt. Pleasant Farm 
 
 
 H. I. Munroe. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Albion . 
 
 
 
 
 S. LeBlanc & Co. 
 
 Bridgewater . 
 
 
 
 Fairvievv . . 
 
 
 Fred Clark. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lome 
 
 
 
 
 J. S. Lomas. 
 
 Canning . . . 
 
 
 
 Waverly . . . 
 
 
 A. E. Baxter. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Grosvenor 
 
 
 
 
 J. Williston. 
 
 (( 
 
 
 
 Queen . . . 
 
 
 M. 0. Bennett. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Royal 
 
 
 
 
 I. Salterio. 
 
 Chester . . . 
 
 
 
 Loyett House . 
 Columbia . . 
 
 
 L. C. Manning. 
 E. M. Robinson. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Acadian . 
 Carleton . 
 
 
 
 
 S. C. Fiske. 
 F. W. Bowes. 
 
 Clark's Harbor 
 
 
 
 Sea View . . 
 
 
 J. L. Nickerson. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Revere . 
 
 
 
 
 Wm. Wilson. 
 
 Cow Bay . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mrs. R. Thompson. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Arlington 
 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Lattimer. 
 
 DiGBY .... 
 
 
 
 Columbian . . 
 
 
 C. A. Jordan. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Provincial 
 
 
 
 
 Thos. Andrew. 
 
 (1 
 
 
 
 Manhattan . . 
 
 
 W. S. Troop. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hillside Hall 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Tapper. 
 
 ** 
 
 
 
 Dufferin . 
 
 
 C. A. Jordan. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Elmwood 
 
 
 
 
 H. C. Preedy. 
 
 (I 
 
 
 
 Trefry House . 
 
 
 Mrs. J. Trefry. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Victoria . 
 
 
 
 
 Cassion & Chisholm. 
 
 " . 
 
 
 
 Myrtle . . . 
 
 
 Aubrey Brown. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Belmont . 
 
 
 
 
 Mrs. J. McLean. 
 
 *i 
 
 
 
 New Waverley. 
 
 
 Hantsport 
 
 
 
 
 
 American 
 
 
 
 
 E. W. Dalton. 
 
NOVA SCOTIA HOTELS— Cannnue^/. 
 
 Hantspokt . . 
 HuBBARDS Cove 
 HORTON Landing 
 Kent\'ille . . 
 
 KiNUSPORT . . 
 
 Liverpool . . 
 
 lockport . . 
 
 Lunenburg . . 
 Mahone Bay 
 
 MiDDLETON . . 
 
 New Germany . 
 Newport . . 
 Port Williams 
 Port Maitlanh 
 
 Hantsport House 
 Gainsborough . 
 Dunedine 
 Aberdeen 
 Porter 
 Kentville 
 American 
 Forest Hill 
 Kingsport House 
 Central House . 
 Thorndyke . 
 Clifton . . . 
 King's 
 
 Acacia House . 
 American 
 Middleton . . 
 Morgan House 
 Newport . 
 Port Williams . 
 Ellis House . 
 
 I'ROPRfETOR 
 
 Jas. Wall. 
 A. W. Shalford. 
 Thos. Harris. 
 H. L. Cole. 
 W. H. Townsend. 
 Jas. Lyons. 
 Jas. Mcintosh. 
 J. D. Moore. 
 E. C. Borden. 
 E. Viner. 
 Geo. Schultz. 
 M. Kinger. 
 J. W. King. 
 Mrs. McDonald. 
 D. Feindel. 
 C. C. Dodge. 
 J. H. Miller. 
 W. Gibson. 
 M. A. Orr. 
 A. E. Ellis. 
 
 Salmon River 
 St. John, N. B. 
 
 Shelbukne 
 Truro . 
 TUSKET . 
 
 Weymouth 
 
 Windsor 
 Wolfville 
 
 Yarmouth 
 
 Buena Vista 
 
 Royal 
 
 Victoria . 
 
 Dufferin. 
 
 Atlantic . 
 
 Learment 
 
 .American 
 
 .\shley House 
 
 W'eymouth . 
 
 Goodwins 
 
 Victoria . 
 
 Dufferin . 
 
 Royal 
 
 Acadia Seminary H 
 
 Elmslea Cottage 
 
 Central . 
 
 American 
 
 Kent Lodge 
 
 Grand Hotel 
 
 Queen 
 
 otel 
 
 proprietor 
 
 W. J. Foley. 
 Raymond & Doherty. 
 D.'W. McCormack. 
 
 D. B. Frost. 
 
 A. H. Learment. 
 
 Mrs. W. S. Gilman. 
 
 W. W. Jones. 
 
 R. L. Black. 
 
 J. W. Goodwin. 
 
 T. Doran. 
 
 John Cox. 
 
 j. W. Beckwith. 
 
 Rockwell & Co. 
 
 C. D. Blair. 
 
 J. W. Selfndge. 
 
 Mr. Messenger. 
 
 Mrs. Moore. 
 
 GrandHotelCc.Ltd. 
 
 E. M. Nichols. 
 
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Abstracts from the Game Laws of Nova Scotia. 
 
 Moose and Caribou. — Open season is from September 15 to January i. Possession of green meat in close season is 
 presumptive evidence of its having been killed in close season. Any person killing Moose or Caribou shall carry the meat 
 out of the woods within ten days, but not later in any case than the fifteenth of January. No person shall kill in one season 
 more than two Moose and two Caribou, or attempt to set any snare or trap for same. 
 
 Hunting with Dogs. — Unlawful to hunt, chase or pursue Moose or Caribou with dogs. 
 
 No person shall hunt or kill American Elk or Red Deer before the first day of October, A. D. 1904. 
 
 Beaver. — Open season from November I to April I. 
 
 Rabbits, Hares. — Close season from February i to October i. No snares shall be set in close season. Clear space of 
 one hundred feet must be left between each hedge and the nearest hedge. 
 
 Other Fur-hearing Animals. — Close season for all other fur-bearing animals, except Bear, Wolf, Loup-cervier, Wild- 
 cat, Skunk, Musquash, Raccoon, Fox. Woodchuck, Otter and Weasel, from March i to November i. 
 
 Birds. — Woodcock, .Snipe, Teal. — Close season from March i to September i. No person shall kill any Woodcock before 
 sunrise or after sunset. 
 
 Partridge and Grouse. — Close season from December i to October i. Unlawful to sell, buy or have in possession during 
 such time. No snare or trap shall be set for any Bird included in the definition of Game. 
 
 Duck. — Unlawful to kill or have in possession any blue-winged Ducks during the months of April, May, June, July and 
 August. 
 
 Phe.\sants. etc. — It is unlawful to hunt, kill, or have in possession any Pheasants. Blackcock, Capercailzie, Ptarmigan, 
 Sharp-tailed Grouse, Spruce Partridge or Chukor Partridge, under a penalty of $5 for each Canada Grouse and Spruce Par- 
 tridge, and $25 for each other bird mentioned in this section. 
 
 License. — 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. 
 
 Extort of Hides, etc. — Unlawful to export Moose or Caribou hides from Nova Scotia. 
 
 Fish. — Salmon. — Close season from August 15 to March i, except that Salmon may be fished for with the fly alone from 
 February i to August 15. 
 
 Trout, etc. — Unlawful to fish for, or to have in possession, any speckled Trout {salvclinns forlinalis). Lake Trout, or 
 Land-locked Salmon, between October i and April i. Unlawful to fish for Trout by any other means than angling with 
 hook and line. 
 
 Explosives. — The use of explosives to kill any kind of fish is prohibited. 
 
 Bass. — Close season from October i to March I, 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. 
 
 Shad and Gaspereaux. — Close season for Shad and Gaspereaux shall be from sunset on Friday evening to sunrise on 
 Monday morning in each week. By a late amendment to the game laws, agents of the Game and Fishery Protection So- 
 ciety are appointed in various places in the province, where non-residents are likely to arrive, for the purpose of selling 
 licenses, and of generally carrying out the law. This has been chiefly because strangers have complained of the difficulty 
 of finding the officials who hitherto have had authority to sell licenses. Severe fines will be imposed on all offenders. It is 
 the intention of the Game Society rigorously to enforce the above laws, and therefore this publicity has been given to them. 
 
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CHARMING BOOKS OF TRAVEL 
 
 Mostly relating to the P 
 Acadia 
 
 Over the Border. Acadia, the Home of Evangeline. By 
 Eliza B. Chase. Illustrated with Heliotype Engrav- 
 ings in various tints of scenery in Nova Scotia, from 
 Water-color Sketches by the Author. With Map. 
 Square 8vo, $1.50. 
 
 Cape Breton, etc. 
 
 Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing. Travel Sketches. By 
 Charles Dudley Warner. 18mo, $1.00. 
 
 Mr. Warner hasall the best attributes of the writing traveller.— A't-w i'or/! Times. 
 
 From Blomidon to Smoky, and Other Papers. By Frank 
 Bolles. 16mo, $1.25. 
 
 The St. Lawrence 
 
 Geraldine. A Souvenir of the St. Lawrence. By A. 
 A. Hopkins. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1 .50. 
 
 The Isles of Shoals 
 
 Among the Isles of Shoals. By Celia Thaxter. Illustrated. 
 ISmo, $1.25. 
 
 It is a book no one who visits the islands can do without. — Boston Advertiser. 
 
 The Isles of Shoals. An Historical Sketch. By John 
 Scribner Jenness. With Maps and Illustrations. 
 16mo, $1.50. 
 
 For Sale l)y all Book 
 
 rovinces or the Route thither 
 
 Salem 
 
 Old Salem. By Eleanor Putnam. 16rao, $1.00. 
 A Half-Century in Salem. By M. C. D. Silsbee. 16mo, 
 $1.00. 
 
 Portsmouth 
 
 An Old Town by the Sea. By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. 
 Delightful Sketches of Portsmouth, N. H. 16mo, 
 $1.00. 
 
 Maine 
 
 Woods and Lakes of Maine. A Trip from Moosehead 
 Lake to New Brunswick in a Birch-bark Canoe. By 
 Lucius L. Hubbard. With Indian Place-names and 
 their Meanings, many Illustrations by W. L. Taylor, 
 and large Map. 8vo, $3.00. 
 
 The Maine Woods. By Henry D. Thoreau. Crown 
 8vo, gilt top, $1.50. 
 
 Canada, etc. 
 
 A Yankee in Canada (included in "Excursions"). By 
 
 Henry D. Thoreau. 
 Cape Cod. By Henry D. Thoreau. 
 New Riverside Edition. Crown 8vo, gilt top, each $1.50. 
 
 sellers. Sent, postpaid, by 
 
 HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., Boston. 
 
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RAYMOND e WHITCOMBS TOURS 
 
 (ALL TRAVELLING 
 
 Summer and Au 
 
 Parties will leave Boston, New York and Phila- 
 delphia for the following trips: 
 
 Pan-American Exposition 
 
 Parties will leave Boston, New York and Philadel- 
 phia during June, July, August, September and October. 
 
 Around the World 
 
 A party will leave in August or September, going 
 westward, for a tour around the globe, including Colo- 
 rado, California, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, China, the 
 Straits Settlements, Ceylon, India, Egypt, the Holy 
 Land, Turkey, Greece. Italy and other sections of 
 Southern and Central Europe, returning in April, igo2. 
 Another party will leave January i8, 1902. going east- 
 ward and returning August 7, 1902. 
 
 Short Tours to Leading Eastern Resorts 
 
 At frequent intervals during the summer and 
 autumn, including the White Mountains, Saratoga, Lake 
 George, Quebec, the Saguenay, the Maritime Provinces. 
 etc. 
 
 EXPENSES INCLUDED) 
 
 tumn Trips, I90I 
 
 The Yellowstone National Park and Colorado 
 
 July 15 and August 26: .Attractive trips through 
 some of the most picturesque parts of America, omit- 
 ting the Pacitic Northwest and Alaska. 
 
 The Yellowstone National Park and Alaska 
 
 May 29, June 24, July S : Three unsurpassed tours 
 of about 40 days over the most picturesque routes in the 
 world. The outward journey from ocean to ocean by 
 the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the return via the 
 Northern Pacific, including a week in the Yellowstone 
 Park. 
 
 Our Annual Winter Trips to California and Mexico 
 
 will begin in November, and continue at short intervals 
 through the season of 190 1-2. 
 
 Magnificent vestibuled Pullman trains, with dining 
 cars are employed for all the tours in America. 
 
 Also trips to Fk-rida, the Bahamas, etc. 
 ly Send for descriptive book, mentioning the particu- 
 lar tour desired. 
 
 RAYMOND 6 WHITCOMB 
 
 296 Washington St. (opp. School St.), Boston 25 Union Square,-New York 1005 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 
 
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Cook's Tours 
 
 Thomas Cook & Son 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1841 
 
 Chief Office, Ludgate Circus, London 
 
 Chief American Office, 261 Broadway, New York (Uptown 
 
 Office, 1 185 Broadway) 
 
 Boston Office, 332 Washington Street 
 
 And at Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, etc. 
 
 Boston & Albany R. R. 
 
 Boston & ^iaine R. R. 
 Fitchburg R. R. 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. 
 
 OFFICIAL TICEKT AGENTS FOR THE 
 
 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 
 
 Central R. R. of New Jersey 
 Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. 
 
 Erie R. R. 
 And all Sound Lines 
 
 Lehigh Valley R. R. 
 
 New York Central & Hudson River R. 
 Pennsylvania R. R. 
 
 Long Island R. R. 
 
 Tickets to all local and through points on the above railroads atld their connections, and all places of 
 interest from the Atlantic to the Pacific, can be obtained at the chief American office, 2fil Broadway, New 
 York, or at 333 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., where also Parlor and Sleeping Car Reservations may be 
 made and Baggage checked from residence to destination. No charge for Estimates or Informatoin. 
 
 Also Tickets for Independent Travel to All the Summer Resorts of Canada, the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland 
 
 =BY ALL ROUTESz = 
 
 At frequent intervals throughout the year Select Parties, under Personal Escort, leave New York to visit the Principal Tourist Resorts of 
 
 the of World, as follows: 
 
 EUROPE. May to August 
 
 ROUND THE WORLD, September ami October 
 
 EGYPT, THE NILE, AND PALESTINE, Fall, Winter and Spring 
 SPECIAL WINTER TOURS AND CRUISES to Bermuda, Puerto 
 Rico, Windward Islands, Jamaica, Mexico, etc. 
 
 AMERICA, 
 
 Pacific Coast and National Parks, Niagara Falls 
 
 The St. Lawrence, Lakes George and Chanaplain, Nova 
 
 Scotia 
 
 Mexico, California, Florida, and the West Indies 
 
 At Appropriate Seasons 
 
 THOMAS COOK & SON offer unequalled facilities to travellers to and in all parts of the world. The firm has offices in all principal cities througliout the United 
 States and Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, the Continent of Europe, Egypt, Palestine, India, Ceylon, Burmah, Australia, and New Zealand, at which their clients can 
 obtain reliable information and necessary assistance. 
 
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CLARK'S AMERICAN TOURIST 
 
 AGENCY 
 
 Official Ticl^et Agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad, Erie Railroad, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad 
 and other Trunk Lines. General Passenger Agent in the United States for the Great Northern and Great 
 Western Railways of England, and for the Belgian State Railways and Dover-Ostend Route. 
 
 Chief Office, iii Broadway (Trinity Building near Wall Street), 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Vacation Excursions to Europe per "City of Rome," June 29; 38 to 66 days, $250 to $440. In- 
 cluding all necessary expenses. Very attractive routes. Annex trips to Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Pro- 
 posed Cruise to the Mediterranean February 1, 1902, at a cost of $400 and upward. Tickets issued to all parts 
 of the world. Excursions at frequenf intervals to Europe during the Spring and Summer. 
 
 ANNUAL TOUR 'ROUND THE WORLD 
 
 Leaves New York, October 9, westward. Send for program. 
 
 Tourist tickets to all parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, etc., for individual travellers. First-class 
 tents, saddles, carriages and camp equipments for independent or escorted travellers in Palestine. 
 
 C. V. DASEY, Agent Address F. C. CLARK, 111 Broadway, New York. 
 7 Broad Street, Boston 
 
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TRAVEL TICKETS EVERYWHERE 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1844 
 
 HENRY GAZE €$ SONS 
 
 Originators and First Conductors of Orient il Tours 
 
 Universal Travel System General Transportation Contractors 
 
 Issue Tickets for individual Travellers to all parts of America, Europe, and around the World 
 Escorted Parties to Europe, the Orient, and around the World at frequent intervals . 
 
 OFFICIAL AGENTS OF 
 
 THE PRINCIPAL TRUNK LINES 
 
 Passage Tickets by all Lines of Ocean Steamships. Gaze's Tourist Gazette, with Maps, published monthly, by mail, free 
 
 CHIEF OFFICES 
 
 113 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 142 STRAND, LONDON 
 
 New England Agency, W. H. EAVES, Agent, 201 Washington Street, Boston 
 
 GENERAL WESTERN OFFICE, 220 SOUTH CLARK STREET, CHICAGO 
 
 Pennsylvania Agency, ADAMS & HOWLAND, Agents, U So. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
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The only diruc't water line between 
 the two cities without breaking bulk. 
 
 4 
 
 
 ' '' BETWEEN \^ 
 
 Steamers sail from India Wharf, Boston 
 
 MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS 
 
 And from Pier 11, North River, New York 
 
 TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS 
 
 The steamships of this line are built of iron, with water-tight compartments, 
 and for great speed, insuring perfect safety and quick dispatch. 
 Lowest Rates No Delays No Re-handling of Merchandise 
 
 The location of our docks in New York and Boston is most convenient, and 
 our facilities for handlingand delivering freight are unequalled. 
 Through rates quoted and direct connection made at New York with Dela- 
 ware. Lackawanna & Western Railroad; New York. Lake Erie & Western Rail- 
 road; Lehigh Valley Railway; and Central Railroad of New Jersey for points 
 South and West ; also with the steamship companies for 
 
 Wilmington, N. C. Brunswick, Ga. Fernandina, Fla. 
 
 Jacksonville, Fla. Galveston, Tex. New Orleans, La. 
 
 Savannah, Ga. Charleston, S. C. San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 And all interior points, and with all foreign steamship lines. 
 Bonded to carry both appraised and unappraised merchandise. 
 All through freight forwarded promptly and with great care, and through 
 bills of lading issued or procured to all shipping points. 
 
 Mark your merchandise and freights via "Metropolitan Line." 
 
 IT IS THE CHEAPEST AND BEST 
 For through rates and full information, apply to 
 
 H. M. WHITNEY, Agent, or H. F. DIMOCK, Agent, 
 
 India Wharf, Boslon, Mass. Pier 1 1, North River, New York. 
 
 R. T. HASKINS, Gen. Ft. Agent. 
 
 Btlantic Ibouee 
 
 Shelburne, Nova Scotia 
 
 One of the best appointed Hotels in Lower 
 Canada 
 
 4,4,4, 
 
 Has gfood water supply , 
 
 Modern sanitary plumbing 
 Bath-rooms 
 
 Hot-water heat 
 
 Open fireplaces 
 Large and well lighted sample rooms 
 Cuisine and service first-class 
 
 Best livery supplied at short notice 
 
 4.4.4. 
 
 Rates, 52.00 per day. Special rates on application 
 D. B. FROST, Me^newger 
 
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W. S. SAYERS, 
 
 Forwarding and Baggage Transfer 
 Agent for the Yarmouth Steam- 
 ship Company (Limited) 
 
 Teams always in waiting: on arrival of Yarmouth Steamers, and Bag:gag;e promptly transferred 
 
 to all parts of the city at Lowest Prices. 
 
 Patron8 of the Yarmouth Line arriving at any of the Boston depots can have their baggage promptly 
 transferred, thereby avoiding delays, if they will retain their checks until they arrive at the Yarmouth S. S. Co.'b 
 office and hand them to us. 
 
 SPECIAL ATTENTION AND LOWEST RATES GIVEN TO ALL KINDS OF LIGHT AND HEAVY 
 
 TEAMING. GOODS TRUCKED IN BOND. 
 
 W. S. SAYERS Proprietor, Pier 1, Lewis Wharf, Boston, Mass. 
 
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JOHN G. HALL C^ CO. 
 
 114 State Street, j^ j^ ^ Boston, Mass. 
 
 Ship and Steamship Brokers, General Commission Merchants, 
 
 ^ ^ DEALERS IN Jt- J- 
 
 LUMBER, PILING, CANADIAN FLOUR, CORN MEAL, ETC. 
 AGENTS FOR ELDER DEMPSTER LINE AND YARMOUTH STEAMSHIP CO. 
 
 68 
 
BOSTON 
 PROVISION 
 
 A. DAVIS, Manager 
 
 Telephone, Richmond 362 
 
 COMPANY Ship Chandlers 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS INI 
 
 MEATS, GROCERIES 
 SALT PROVISIONS 
 AND SHIP STORES 
 
 deck: and enqixe supplies 
 
 390, 392, 394 HANOVER STREET 
 BOSTON 
 
 All letters sent to our address promptly delivered. 
 
 H. J. Allen 
 
 Lithographer and Printer 
 
 Estimates cheerfully furnished for all kinds of first-class 
 work at moderate prices, and satisfaction guaranteed. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 With P. H. FOSTER & CO. 
 30 Oliver St., Boston, Mass. 
 
 TELEPHONE 
 52S MAIN... 
 
 CHAS. E. MOODY & CO. 
 
 Wholesale Grocers 
 
 Proprietors of the Celebrated 
 
 DIA<IVI>OND 
 
 Mocha and Java Coffee 
 
 75 and 77 Commercial Street, 
 
 Boston. 
 
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GEO. C. GOODHUE 
 Pres. and Treas. 
 
 ROBERT D. ARCHER 
 V. Pres. and Mgr. 
 
 CHAS. E. CHAPMAN 
 Secretary. 
 
 Established 1837 Incorporated 1899 
 
 J. W. HUNNEWELL 6 CO. 
 
 Incorporated 
 
 PAINTS. OILS. VARNISHES 
 DRUGS. NAVAL STORES 
 
 strained Yellow Dip, Crude Turpentine, Pine Tar 
 Wilmington Pitch Rosin. 
 
 SHIP AND STEAMER SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY 
 
 146-148 Commercial St., and 125 127 Fulton St. 
 BOSTON, MASS. 
 
 AARON R. GAY & CO. 
 
 STATIONERS AND ACCOUNT 
 BOOK HANUFACTURERS . . . 
 
 First-class Account Books in Lariie Variety of Ruling 
 AND Binding. Account Books Made to Order. 
 
 A GOOD FOUNTAIN PEN 
 
 Is a great convenience for tourists and others, and we have 
 reliable makes which we can recommend. 
 
 122 STATE STREET. BOSTON. MA5S. 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1844. 
 
 ANTHONY S. MORSS 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN 
 
 House, Ship, Yacht and Boat 
 
 Hardware, Cordage, 
 
 Oakum, Paints 
 
 and Varnish. 
 
 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 
 
 210-212 COMMERCIAL STREET 
 BOSTON, MASS. 
 
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Hams and Bacon 
 
 Are "raised in the grain country" in the vicinity of Newcastle, Ind., 
 raised under healthful conditions, — pure, clean foods, grains, fresh 
 running \\ater. 
 
 50 YEARS ON THE MARKET 
 
 A Little Better Every Year 
 
 They're cured by natural processes, not FORCED, and are shipped fresh 
 from our own smoke-houses every day. 
 
 Notice how fine-prained and firm they are. Note particularly the FLAVOR. 
 
 IN ORDERING OF YOUR DEALER REMEMBER THE NAME, 
 
 CHAS. A. BALDWIN & CO., Boston, Mass. 
 
 ^ 
 
 All orders promptly attended to 
 
 i« THE ROGERS COMPANY 
 
 Bakers 
 
 Steamers, Ships and Yachts supplied 
 Wedding Cake a Specialty 
 
 423 HANOVER STREET 
 BOSTON. 
 
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S. A. CROWELL & CO. 
 
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 Imiorters and Dealers in 
 
 Hardiuare 
 
 Siherzvare 
 
 Fine Cutlery 
 GUNS AND AMMUNITION 
 
 SPORTING GOODS 
 FISHING TACKLE 
 
 ETC., ETC. 
 
 Main Street, Yarmouth, N. S. 
 
 LOVITT & LOVITT 
 
 Lovitt^s Building, 
 YARMOUTH, N. S. 
 
 and 
 
 Commi00ion (lUerc6ante 
 
 i^ik^eM. 
 
 SHIP STORES A SPECIALTY 
 
CHHS. I=. DVKE 
 
 1301 Main Street 
 
 Xea^tnO 3-eWeUer in Maritime Provinces 
 
 Largest and finest stock of Souvenir Goods in Provinces, 
 consisting of Tea, Coffee, Orange and Bonbon Spoons, Paper 
 Knives, Letter Openers, Shoe Hoolis, Glove Huttouers, Belt 
 Buckles, Hat Pins, Stick Pins, Brooches, etc., tine line of 
 aouTCnir China, fine line of Fancv China, Col)alt Blue China. 
 
 3f(ne "Matcb IRcpalniict 
 
 Any one wishing information in regard to fishing or hunt- 
 ing grounds, either call or write to CHAS. F. DYKE and it 
 will he given free of charge. 
 
 PARKER 
 
 General Photographer 
 And Novelty Photo Publisher 
 
 VIEWS OF VARHOUTH AND NOTED RESORTS IN NOVA SCOTIA 
 
 Send .So cents and receive his new illustrated booklet, en- 
 titled "The South Shore to Halifax." Written in a 
 cool and Irreezy style, just like Nova Scotia. 
 
 Enos R. Pa^rker, 
 
 STUDIO BLOCK, YARHOUTH, N. S. 
 
 HEADQUARTERS 
 
 In Novzk Scotidw 
 
 ...FOR. 
 
 BICYCLES, PARTS and 
 SUNDRIES 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
 
 Complete Repair Shop in Connection 
 
 THE YARMOUTH CYCLE CO. 
 
 Main Street, Yarmouth, N. S. 
 
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GEORGE S. TAYLOR 
 
 Merchant 
 Tailor . . 
 
 DIRECT IMPORTER OF BRITISH CLOTHS 
 
 339 and 341 MAIN STREET 
 YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA 
 
 Special Attention Given to the Wants of 
 American Tourists. 
 
 G C Richards & Co* 
 
 DRUGGISTS 
 MAIN STREET, YARMOUTH 
 
 Electric Cars 
 Pass Our Door 
 
 HEADQUARTERS FOR 
 
 FINE FISHING TACKLE 
 
 HAVANA SEGARS, ETC. 
 
 Sportsmeu can be fully equipped here more cheaply than 
 in the States, with equally as good gear for our streams. 
 
 Any Information as to Guides, etc., Cheerfully Given. 
 
 OPPOSITE POST-OFFICE. 
 
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Yavfidouth D24ck 
 & Yarn Couipany 
 
 LIMITED 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 Cotton Sail Ducks 
 
 Wide Ducks 
 
 Sail and Wrapping Twines 
 
 YARMOUTH 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA 
 
 EXPORT AGEXTS 
 C. K. TURNER d- SON, 76 Broad Street, New York 
 
 W. A. KILLAM 
 
 WHOLESALE DEALER IN AND SHIPPER OF 
 ALL KINDS OF 
 
 FRESH FISH 
 
 HALIBUT EELS 
 
 MACKEREL COD 
 
 SALMON HADDOCK 
 
 TROUT LOBSTERS 
 
 SMELTS ETC, 
 
 RYERSON WHARF 
 YARMOUTH, - NOVA SCOTIA 
 
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Bras d'Or steamboat Company 
 
 THE POPULAR ROUTE FOR TOURISTS 
 
 Steamers ''Marion" ^ ^ 
 "Elaine'' and '* Weymouth'' 
 
 Through the celebrated Bras d'Or Lakes of Cape 
 Breton in dayhght. 
 
 From June IS to September 30, 1901 
 
 Steamers will run between Mulgrave, Hawkesbury, 
 St. Peter's, Grand Narrows, Baddeck, Whycoco- 
 magh, Englishtown, Ingonish, Neils Harbor, Aspy 
 Bay, Bay St. Lawrence, and the Sydneys, and all 
 points of interest on the Bras d'Or Lakes. 
 
 Connecting with the Intercolonial Railway at 
 Mulgrave. 
 
 For time tables, rates and all information, apply to 
 
 J. J. MOFFATT. Manager 
 
 NORTH SYDNEY. C. B. 
 
 ENLARGED AND IMPROVED 
 
 Trefry House 
 
 J. A. TREFRY 
 
 DIGBY, NOVA SCOTIA 
 
 Golfing, Bathing and Boating 
 
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 SITUATED on the shores of the beautiful 
 Annapolis Basin, commanding an exten- 
 sive view of the Basin, Gap and surrounding 
 country. For any one desiring a quiet home 
 where they will receive especial care and atten- 
 tion no better place can be sought. 
 
 Terms: $S.OO to $12.00 per week. 
 Sl.50 to $2.00 per day. 
 
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Star Line 
 Steamship Company 
 
 RIVER ST. JOHN 
 
 St. John, Fredericton and Woodstock 
 
 SUMMER ARRANGEMENT: 
 
 Eastern Standard Time. 
 
 One of the splendid new Mali Steamers " VICTORIA" and " DAVID WESTON " 
 will leave St. John (North End) for Fredericton and Intermediate Landings every morn- 
 ing (Sundays excepted) at 8.00 o'clock, and will leave Fredericton for St. John and 
 intermediate Landings every morning (Sundays excepted) at 8.00 o clock, due in bt. 
 John at 2.30 p. m. FARE $1.00. • • • '' ' 
 
 EXCURSION TICKETS from St. John lo Fredericton and Intermediate Points: 
 • ' ' also from Fredericton to St. John, etc., issued on Saturday at ONE FARE, good to 
 
 return free on Monday following, but no return ticket less than forty cents. 
 
 ST. JOHN AND FREDERICTON.— For the benefit of Visitors and Tourists who 
 wish to make a trip on the St. John River to Fredericton and return the sarne day, a 
 special arrangement has been made by the Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. and the Star Line 
 Steamers, whereby a Round Trip Ticket will be issued during the Summer Months lor 
 the fare of $2.00, enabling passengers lo go to Fredericton by Boat every day, leaving 
 Fredericton same night at 8 p. m., arriving at St. John at l"- '0 P- m-, or same 1 ickets 
 are good to return on anv train, following day. Saturday tickets good to return the following Monday. THIS IS THE BEST AND CHEAPbSl tACUKSiuni 
 FV'FR OFFFRFf) THF PlIRI !C 
 
 FREDERICTON TO WOODSTOCK —While water is high, Steamer "ABERDEEN " will leave Fredericton every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 5.^0 
 a. m . and returning, leave Woodstock on alternate days at 7.30 a. m., due at Fredericton at l-OO p. m. 
 
 Improved Accommodation 
 
 First-class Tables 
 
 And East Scheduled Time will be guaranteed 
 
 Head Office at Star Line Wharf, Indiantown, St. John. N. B. 
 
 JAS. MANCHESTER. President. R. S. ORCHARD. Sec'y-Treas. 
 
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THE QUIET 
 
 PLEASURES 
 
 .OF... 
 
 LIFE 
 
 Can be enjoyed in the Annapolis Valley better 
 than anywhere else in the wide world. If you 
 want perfect rest and comfort, appetizing meals 
 and refreshing sleep, spend your vacation at 
 Mt. Pleasant Farm, The Ideal Summer Resort. 
 
 Telephone. Send for Circular. 
 H. L Munro. 
 
 BRIDGETOWN, 
 N. S. 
 
CENTRAL^ RAILWAY 
 
 (NOVA SCOTIA 
 
 This Railway connects with the Dominion 
 Atlantic Railway at Middleton, and runs across 
 the Province to the Atlantic Coast at Lunen- 
 burg, a distance of 74 miles. 
 
 CHESTER 
 
 The " Saratoga " of Nova Scotia, is reached 
 bv this line ; also the 
 
 GOLD DISTRICTS 
 
 of Brookfield, Molega, Caledonia, Blockhouse, 
 Millipsic, Pleasant River, Chester Basin, Gold 
 River and Mill Village. Excellent Salmon 
 fishing can be had at Gold River, Medway 
 
 River and La Ha\e River, while the numerous 
 lakes and streams along the line teem with 
 
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 Trout and other fish. The lover of game can 
 have his choice of large and small, of beast and 
 bird. Moose, Caribou, Bear, Partridge, Wood- 
 cock. Plover, Snipe, Duck and Geese abound 
 in season. 
 
 Good guides, with complete camping outfits, 
 canoes, boats, etc., can be secured at very low 
 rates. Stage connections are made at New 
 Germany for Brookfield, Molega and Caledonia, 
 
 Mill Village and Liver- 
 connections are 
 
 and at Bridgewater for 
 
 pool. Steamer and 
 
 made at Mahone for Chester 
 
 stage 
 
 For further information, time tables, or illustrated book, apply to 
 
 J. BRIGNELL, General Manager R. M. J. McGILL, Gen'l Passenger Agent 
 
 BRIDGEWATER, N. S. 
 79 
 
TO EASTERN NOVA 
 SCOTIA AND CAPE 
 BRETON SHOULD 
 EXTEND HIS JOUR- 
 NEY TO LOUIS- 
 BURG. DAILY TRAINS FROM THE 
 STATION OF THE INTERCOLONIAL 
 RAILWAY. SIDNEY. 
 
 i&»3M»»M»»M:e:Ktt83»»»»:8:Ke:w»:«8:a) 
 
 "The Best is None too Good" 
 
 W. A. MALING 6? CO. 
 
 I08 and 1 10 Barrington Street 
 HALIFAX, N. S. 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in the best grades of 
 
 Beef, Mutton and Pork 
 
 ALL KINDS OF 
 
 Fresh, Canned and Corned Meats 
 Poultry, Etc. 
 
 Our store is the finest in tlie Province, and we carry at all times a 
 large stoclv of everything in our line. 
 
 No order too lar£>e 
 None too small 
 
 Prompt Shipment. 
 
 Free Delivery in City. 
 
 'PHONE, 378. 
 
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 J. D. Dennis & Go. 
 
 YARMOUTH, N. S. 
 
 Hello, Tourists! 
 
 Don't you want to take back to Yankeeland some- 
 thing very useful and at much less cost than you would 
 get it for at home? You don't have to wait till you get 
 to Halifax, St. John, Montreal, Toronto or any other 
 Canadian city. All goods direct from the maker to you 
 through our store. 
 
 Try us for 
 
 Fur Garmefits^ Scotch Travelling Wraps^ Silk Umbrellas, Dress Silks, 
 IVool Dress Goods, Gloves, Laces, Hosiery. 
 
 Please take notice that we keep the two best makes of gloves 
 
 in the world. 
 
 LfTONE Engravings 
 
 ; MAOt BV THE 
 
 IB ENGRAVING CO 
 
 PRESS OF 
 
 skinner, kidder & co., 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
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