CHAPTBE XI. 



GOOSE-SHOOTINa AT DERBY ISLAND, FOX HAR- 

 BOUR, ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT, 

 NOVA SCOTIA. 



THIS strait lies between Prince Edward Island 

 and Nova Scotia North, and extends far up 

 into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The harbours 

 on each of its shores are numerous, and many 

 of them in deep indentures, varying from three 

 to five miles. Among these may be named 

 Wallace, Pugwash, and Pictou. The tide 

 ebbs and flows rapidly, with considerable rise 

 and fall, so that at low water there are great 

 clam-flats, the feeding-ground of immense 

 flocks of ducks, brant and Canadian geese, in 

 the spring and autumn, on their migration 

 from their southern to their northern home, 

 and vice versd. The larger geese arrive in 

 March and April, the season making a 



