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reached the outermost circle of heaven's horizon. I care not for 

 pompous argument, and flowery speech, that would attempt to con- 

 vince one by its mighty utterances, when the glimpse of such a 

 scene as the one I represent is before one's very eyes. Surely 

 such a scene as this produces a quietness, peace, and serenity of 

 mind that no argument can prove false, and no philosophy can 

 shake. It is in itself at once the reality of both argument and 

 philosophy, and presents to us an end, which, having reached, calms 

 our fears and bids us drink and live : drink in the beauties already 

 fading with a falling sun, and live in newness of revived hope to 

 return home with a satisfaction such as no mere sermon could give. 



From Red Bay we retraced our steps along the coast, calling at 

 various places on the shore. I will try to give you an idea of the 

 coast about here. From Saddle Island (Red Bay) to Carrol's Cove 

 is five miles. Carrol's Cove is a sort of carpenter's square attach- 

 ment of the main coast, which here consists of high cliffs and 

 hilltops. It is low and scarcely above the sea level at high tide. 

 The extremity points in an easterly direction ; the shores everywhere 

 are narrow strips of pebbly beach ; while the point itself consists 

 almost entirely of rocks. The bend in the land forms a sort of 

 harbor that, in mild weather, is not an altogether bad one. Here 

 some eight families live in about as many houses. Many of them 

 are quite intelligent, and some of them have sons or daughters that 

 are now residing in different portions of the states, and I was 

 often accosted with the question of, " Do you know my son living 

 in such and such a place ? " 



We soon passed from Carrol's Cove to Eastern Modest a 

 distance of four miles where eight families reside ; thence to 

 Pirouette River, three miles and a half, where there are five fam- 

 ilies (this place is also called Black Bay and the river at the head 

 of the bay Black River) ; thence to Western Modest, nearly three 

 miles farther, where seventeen families live ; still farther up the 

 coast to Cape Diable, about opposite which is Capsan Island, one 

 and one-half miles, where there are five families ; into Diable bay, 

 or L'Anse Diable which is, perhaps, some two and a third miles 



