OLD MURRAY BAY 



ning; the speech gives a foreign touch, 

 lifting the mind out of its routine (discred- 

 itably to the bilingual Canadian, the Amer- 

 ican comes better equipped for the inter- 

 change) ; friendships, often international, 

 grown fast and firm with the years, are 

 pleasantly renewed; you have the novelty 

 of being in a country where the acquiring 

 of a postage stamp is attended with a 

 'please' and a 'thank you' — if the manners 

 of the purchaser run to it; there is a sense 

 of being within the fi^inge of 'mighty 

 forests, at the edge of a wilderness without 

 boundary; and the native breath of the 

 place is so rare a commingling of sea and 

 mountain air that the like is hardly to be 

 found elsewhere. 



Seeking a comparison, the east coast of 

 Scotland comes nearest, but the westerly 

 and northerly winds of the British Isles 

 lack the sparkle and briskness, nor have 

 they blown through illimitable evergreen 

 woods. At depth in the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence the temperature of the water is 31°; 

 although warming at the surface near 

 Murray Bay to 42°— 58°, it remains 

 cool enough to temper every breeze 

 from N. E. to S. W. Only true 

 westerly winds, rare an4 shortlived, 

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