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michie came near us beating their way to the Atlantic. 

 At nine o'clock we dropped anchor, being partly land- 

 locked between Breton Island and the Highlands, and 

 within a quarter of a mile of an Island, which formed a 

 part of the group. The pilot, who is well acquainted here, 

 informed me that the islands are all connected by dry 

 sand-bars, and with no channel between them except the 

 one we are in, called Entree Bay, which is formed by 

 Entree Island and a long sand-spit connecting it with 

 the mainland. The island is forty-eight miles long, and 

 three in breadth ; the formation is a red rough sandy 

 soil, and the north- west side is constantly wearing away 

 by the action of the sea. Guillemots were seated up- 

 right along the projecting shelvings in regular order, 

 resembling so many sentinels on the look-out ; many gan- 

 nets also were seen on the extreme points of the island. 

 On one of the islands were many houses, and a small 

 church, and on the highest land a large cross, indicating 

 the religion of the inhabitants. Several small vessels 

 lay in the harbor called Pleasant Bay, but the weather is 

 so cold we cannot visit them until to-morrow. 



" June 14, 1833. Magdalene Islands, Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence. It is one week since we left Eastport, and we 

 breakfasted with the thermometer at 44 in our cabin, 

 and on deck it feels like mid- winter. We landed on the 

 island next to us so chilled that we could scarcely use our 

 hands ; two large bluffs frowned on each side of us, the 

 resort of many sea-birds, and some noble ravens which 

 we saw. Following a narrow path we soon came upon 

 one of God's best finished jewels, a woman. She saw us 

 first, for women are always keenest in sight and percep- 

 tion, in patience and fortitude and love, in faith and sor- 

 row, and, as I believe, in everything else which adorns 

 our race. She was hurrying towards her cottage, with a 

 child in her arms having no covering but a little shirt 



