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CHAPTER IT. 



sl~V/^^f^ FINE passage of nine days brought the 



Baltic in safety to HaHfax, the capital 



of the colony of Nova Scotia. The 



appearance of the city is very striking, 



rom its being built on a slope, which rises 



_, lually more than two hundred feet above 



y the sea, the lower portion being occupied 

 by warehouses and wharves crowded with 

 shipping, above which are seen the public buildings 

 and fine dwelling-houses intermingled, while the 

 summit of the rise is crowned by a massive granite 

 citadel, and an edifice in whose lofty tower is fixed 

 the town clock, which is thus rendered visible from 

 all parts of the town. The streets are laid out at 

 right angles, and are spacious and handsome, 

 though there is little uniformity in the appearance 

 of the houses, some of them being built of stone or 

 brick, others, equally attractive, of wood neatly 

 painted, while many are stuccoed or plastered. 

 But perhaps the most prominent features of Halifax 

 arc its beautiful harbour and dockyard. The 



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