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unsubdued by the hand of man ; and the valuable 

 though neglected island of Cape Breton, a de- 

 pendency of Nova Scotia, with its great salt lake, 

 the Bras d'Or, is rich in coal, possesses exhaustless 

 fisheries, and a soil capable of supporting large 

 numbers of industrious settlers. 



The heart of Canada may be reached for 6/., the 

 Maritime Provinces of North America for 4:1. ; an 

 advantage which is not shared by our distant 

 though important possessions in South Africa and 

 Australia. 



The soldier and the civilian, the merchant and 

 the farmer, in the West may diversify and lighten 

 their duties and their toils with the most exciting 

 sport in these vast regions, the haunts of the 

 bear, the deer, and the fox ; and the fisherman 

 has such a scope for his " gentle art " on the lakes 

 and rivers frequented by the great maskanonge, 

 salmon, bass, white fish, &c., that home-fishing 

 would appear very tame ever after. 



The careless manner in which some of the greatest 

 boons of the Almighty Creator are treated is evinced 



