112 CARIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



Tuesday, October 2d. Thermometer 56; no wind, 

 clear. 



Wednesday, October 3d. Thermometer 50; clear, 

 no wind. We entered the harbor of Halifax, Nova 

 Scotia, at 8 A. M. 



HALIFAX. 



The city is located in one of the finest harbors in 

 the world, on the Atlantic coast. It forms a loop, the 

 harbor and city being surrounded by high mountains 

 and hills, all sides of which are lined with forts studded 

 with bristling cannon. The first thing we did was to 

 find the post and telegraph offices, after which we made 

 a tour of the city, which is indeed very beautiful, con- 

 taining massive buildings, fine stores, pretty streets, 

 botanical gardens, museums, etc. We had ample time 

 to walk through all the principal parts of the city, and 

 among the objects of interest we visited the citadel, the 

 most important fort, from which we were afforded a 

 magnificent bird's-ej^e vieAV of the city and harbor. 

 One of the attractions in the latter was Her Majesty's 

 steamship, the Blake. Our paper currency was all 

 right and taken at par, but our silver they refused to 

 take at all. We left Halifax at 3.45 P. M. 



Thursday, October 4th. Thermometer 60; cloudy. 

 Began raining this evening, and continued most of the 

 night. 



