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GHAPTEE I. 



Halifax in ISTova Scotia. — Fresh complexions of the people. — Eomau 

 Catholic fete. — Roman Catholics in Halifax, — Precedence and title 

 conceded to Bishops. — Coloured people in Nova Scotia. — Micmac 

 Indians. — Maritime commerce of Nova Scotia, its certain extension. 

 — Mackerel fishery. — Shoals of mackerel. — Export of salt fish. — 

 Scratched rocks, and agricultural character of the neighbourhood of 

 Halifax. — Stony and unfertile surface of the coast line. — Young's 

 Letters of Agricola. — Increase of population in Nova Scotia. — Propor- 

 tion of the agricultural produce to the population. — Inner Bay of 

 Halifax. — Railway from Halifax to ^Yindsor. — Soils and forests of the 

 Ardoise hills.— Drought of 1849.— Pacing horses of Canada. — How 

 trained in Sardinia. — Gypsum quarries at Windsor, — River Avon. — 

 Dyked alluvial lands of the Bay of Minas, — Varieties of land, and 

 their money -values. — Sand plain of Aylesford. — Structure of the vale 

 of Annapolis. — To%vn of Annapolis. — Ice-holes in the North Moun- 

 tains, — Ironworks of Bear river. — Healthiness of the country. — 

 Handiness of the Nova Scotians, — Blue-nose provincialisms. 



On Saturday the 28th of July, at 3 p.m., I sailed from 

 Liverpool in the steam-ship America. We took the 

 northern course ; lost sight of the west coast of Ireland 

 on the afternoon of Sunday the 29th ; ahout noon of the 

 following Sunday came in sight of Newfoundland ; and 

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