238 THE STONE AGE IN NOVA SCOTIA.—PATTERSON. 
remains are not to be seen. I have found them on Big Island, 
Point Betty Island, the smaller islands known as the Pig Islands, 
and on the shore, particularly on the farm of the Rev. A. P. 
Millar. Farther East I have found them at Antigonish Harbor 
and at Tracadie, and to the West at Tatamagouche, and I have 
heard of such at Wallace. On the South Shore there is or was a 
place on what was known as Bauchman’s Beach, in Lunenburg 
County, which had all the appearance of being the site of an 
ancient arrow-head manufactory. But kitchen middens I have 
found on the LaHave, near Bridgewater, and at Port Medway, 
in the same County. I am informed that they are to be found 
at Port Joly and on Mr. Nutt’s Island, in Shelburne Harbor, and 
I have myself observed them at more than one point at Barring- 
ton. On rivers near their embouchure I have particularly 
observed two, one a little above Sherbrooke, on the St. Mary’s 
River, on the farm of Mr. George McIntosh, and the other on the 
Lequille River, Annapolis County, on the farm of Mr. George 
Hoyt. The situation of these two spots is very similar, and the 
reasons of their selection are easily detected. -Both are just 
below falls or rapids in rivers abounding with fish, and thus in 
the best position for capturing them, particularly in their ascent 
or descent. Both are on low level flats on the edge of the river 
and backed by high banks which afforded shelter from the 
winds, 
Where the coast is not indented by harbors the inhabitants 
naturally resorted to places in the interior, but mostly on the 
borders of rivers, navigable at least by canoes. Thus, on the 
Bay of Fundy, where there is the great wall of trap from Blomi- 
don to Digby Gut, we find their places of resort on the Gasper- 
eaux River, and I have heard of implements being found else- 
where. So in Cape Breton we find evidence of the occupancy by 
the people of the stone age at Lake Ainslie, and at various points 
on the Bras d’Or Lake. And probably a careful examination 
would show similar results throughout the other parts of the 
Province. 
Lescarbot mentions that the Micmacs were in the habit of 
retiring to the interior in winter, and encamping on the borders 
