324 Messrs. Jackson and Alger on the 
comprise in his observations the coal, iron, and copper mines, 
with the other interesting localities of that district.* Returning 
through Windsor, he may then take passage in one of the packets 
which statedly ply between that place and St. Johns, in which he 
will pass beneath the lofty portals of Cape Blomidon and Cape 
D’Or, and within near view of the high“and picturesque Island sit- 
uated off that coast. The readiness evinced by the masters 
of these packets, to aid the objects of travellers, will enable 
thm, on suitable occasions, to pass a short time jin gathering up 
some of the many rare and beautiful productions that are scat- 
tered along this coast. But in order to bestow upon it the atten- 
tion which it deserves, no method will be found so convenient 
and efficient, as that of chartering a vessel properly furnished for 
the tour, and large enough to admit of storing away the ex- 
tensive collections of objects that may be obtained. This method 
was pursued by ourselves with great advantage in our last excur- 
sion to the Peninsula, and is one which our experience enables 
us to recommend to others as decidedly the easiest and most 
likely to be successful. A small boat, without sails, will also be 
found a useful auxiliary, by which access may be had to many 
places along the coast, where the water would be too shallow 
to allow a larger craft to ride in safety, or where such a vessel 
* At the Provincial Academy of Pictou, there has been collected, and scientifi- 
cally arranged under the direction of Dr. McCulloch, the principal of the institu- 
tion, a very fine museum of natural history, particularly of native birds and insects, 
in which department this country appears quite similar to the United States, if we 
except, perhaps, the greater number of aquatic birds. The collection was politely 
shown us by Dr. McKinlay, one of the trustees and lecturers of the institution, 
and a clergyman of the place, to whom, for this and other acts of kindness, we 
would here express our obligations. 
