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undoubtedly healthy. The mortality among people of 

 sound constitutions is lower than in the old country, 

 as is proved by the comparative medical statistics of our 

 troops. 



Nova Scotia wants capital in the first place, and labour 

 in the second place, though even at present labourers and 

 domestic servants can earn fair wages, and there is always 

 a demand for a limited number of each of these classes. 

 Besides being well worth the attention of the capitalist, 

 Nova Scotia is a good province for the man of limited 

 means to settle in. The necessaries of life and even the 

 comforts of life those that can be bought for money are 

 cheap. Halifax is one of the few towns in the world which 

 combine all the advantages of civilization clubs, pleasant 

 society, and so forth with the great charm of being 

 within easy reach of the forest, the river, and the lake. 

 This constitutes a charm not only to the sportsman but to 

 the lover of nature. Five Englishmen out of six, if asked 

 for their beau-ideal of a pleasant life, would probably 

 reply that of a wealthy English squire, with its round of 

 hospitalities and social gatherings indoors, and its field 

 sports 'and country pursuits out of doors. The nearest 

 approach to this life within reach of the man of small 

 means is to be found in or near some of these Canadian 

 cities like Halifax. Halifax 'is within ten days' travel of 

 London, and within two of the chief cities of the United 

 States and Canada. 



About thirty or forty years ago Nova Scotia must have 

 been an angler's paradise. Fully one-fifth of the whole 

 area of the province, viz. 11,000,000 acres, is lake and 

 river. Thousands of charming little lakes, embosomed in 



