20 The Home of tJic Wolverene and Beaver. 



former is one of the finest in the world, extending 

 nearly sixteen miles inland, and accessible at all 

 times to ships, however great may be their draught 

 of water. Opposite the town, where vessels usually 

 anchor, its breadth is about a mile, and on its 

 smooth surface is generally seen the graceful hull of 

 one or more British men-of-war, forming portion of 

 the North American and West Indian fleet, who 

 repair to this charming place both to refit and to 

 enable the crews to shake off the sickness too often 

 engendered by a lengthened cruise amongst the 

 fever-stricken islands of the tropics. Beyond the 

 town the harbour contracts to a quarter of a mile 

 in width, and finally expands into a noble sheet of 

 water comprising an area of about ten square 

 miles, called Bedford Basin. A small arm branching 

 off from the harbour a short distance below the city 

 extends inland to within half a mile of this basin, 

 forming the peninsula on which the city is built. 

 The dockyard covers an area of fourteen acres, and 

 is one of the finest in the world out of England. 



Paul made but a short stay in this pleasant 

 place, and when he took his passage in a steamer 

 bound to Montreal, he carried away with him a 

 vivid recollection of the bright eyes of some of the 

 young ladies, for no city in the world can produce 

 prettier faces than the capital of Nova Scotia. 



