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compose the bed of the lake. What power has set 

 these rocks in motion it is difficult to decide. The 

 action of ice is the only thing that might explain 

 it ; but how ice could exert itself in that special 

 manner, and why, if ice is the cause of it, it does 

 not manifest that tendency in every lake in every 

 part of the world, I do not pretend to comprehend. 



My attention having been once directed to this, 

 I noticed it in various other lakes. Unfortunately 

 my Indian only mentioned it to me a day or two 

 before I left the woods. I had not time, therefore, 

 to make any accurate investigation into the sub- 

 ject. I have mentioned this extraordinary phen- 

 omenon to geologists and other scientific men, 

 but have never been given any satisfactory explana- 

 tion of it. In fact, the usual explanation was an 

 assurance in polite language that I was a liar. 

 Scientists hate to be puzzled. 



Even from the point of view of a traveller who 

 cares not for field sports, Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick, and in fact all Canada, is a country full 

 of interest. It is interesting for many reasons 

 which I need not trouble you with, but especially 

 so as shovvdng the development of what in future 

 will be a great nation. For whether in connection 

 vnth this country, or as independent, or as joined 



