PREFACE xi 



to answer his complex requirements. In Nova Scotia there are 

 unique attractions for a class of men who differ from the typical 

 iiHius emigrant : the class that may be styled ' the gentleman 

 emigrant ', with independent means, not necessarily large, with 

 tin- ordinary tastes of the English country gentleman, seeking a 

 fuller and more satisfying life than that of the seaside town or 

 suburban villa. In addition to the pleasures of a life close to nature, 

 this class may find out here better investments for their spare 

 funds and a more promising field for the energies and careers of 

 their sons, should they have any, than is offered at the present 

 day in England, where competition is so severe. Out here there 

 is more breathing space in more senses than one. 



Several of the following sketches have appeared in The Badminton 

 Magazine, and by the courtesy of Mr Alfred E. T. Watson, editor 

 of this prominent periodical in the world of sport, I am permitted 

 to publish the matter contributed to his pages. I owe Mr Watson 

 a debt which I gladly avail myself of this opportunity to acknowledge 

 for his kind encouragement of my early efforts to make Maritime 

 Canada better known to the many people in this country who are 

 anxious to extend their field of operations. Some minor portions 

 of my work have been published in the columns of Outing, Chambers' 

 Journal, The Wide World, and The Empire Review, to the editors 

 of which publications I am under a similar obligation. The game 

 license table, by the permission of the Canadian Pacific Railway 

 Company, I am enabled to reproduce here as particularly serviceable 

 to those contemplating sporting excursions to Canada. Many 

 inquiries concerning the wild sports and country life of this part of 

 the world have reached me from all parts of the world, from gentle- 

 men contemplating settling in Nova Scotia, and the author sincerely 

 hopes that to such the information afforded in the following pages 

 may prove useful. For a portion of my descriptive account of 

 Nova Scotia and its resources I am indebted to the booklet entitled 



