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The rocks at this place are columnar trap, incumbent on 
amygdaloid, and present a surface exactly corresponding to that 
on the opposite side of the Gut, which is but half a mile wide, 
and appears as if it had been separated by violence, and not worn 
away by the action of the sea, which, however, at other places, 
has been a wonderful agent in undermining the lofty superstruc- 
ture of columnar rock that skirts this coast. To the most re- 
markable of these we shall have occasion to refer hereafter, 
Des Barres, in his “ Atiantic Neptune,” has given several beauti- 
fully drawn views of the scenery of Nova Scotia, exhibiting the 
bold and magnificent features of the Bay of Fundy (equalled only 
by northern Ireland and the Hebrides), as well as of the tamer 
and more varied scenery of other parts, taken during the survey 
of this coast in the year 1779, by order of the British govern- 
ment. Among these, we have a picturesque view of the cliffs at 
the entrance of Annapolis Gut, just referred to, which, with 
some alterations making it more conformable to the present appear- 
ance of the spot, conveys so well the true character of this 
scene, that we gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity of bring- 
ing it again before the public eye, especially as the work of 
Des Barres has now become very rare; one perfect copy being 
all we met with in Nova Scotia. [See Plate L at the end 
of this volume. ] 
Leaving Annapolis Gut, our attention will next be directed to 
Chute’s Cove, which is about twenty miles from it. The interme- 
diate coast we did not examine particularly, but sailed by so near 
it as to observe its more prominent features. It presents lofty 
precipices of trap rocks, and affords the mariner no harbour of 
sufficient security from the sudden gales that spring up on this 
coast, Even Chute’s Cove, although it is considered the best, 
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