NATURE IN ACADIE. 7 



such a day one is tempted to forget that this is the 

 " mournful and misty Atlantic," and that yonder coast 

 is the home of those treacherous sea fogs, which are 

 unfortunately far too frequent here. 



Presently a dark line was distinguishable right ahead 

 which soon resolved itself into a rocky point stretching 

 out to the southward and known as Chebucto Head. 

 The vessel's course had been altered, and we were now 

 rapidly nearing the entrance to Halifax harbour. The 

 sea here was unruffled and glittered like glass in the rays 

 of the declining autumn sun, while the air was so re- 

 markably clear and still as to produce a curious optical 

 illusion, for the land appeared to be but a comparatively 

 few yards from one, while it was in reality more than a 

 mile away. Soon we were passing by the North-West 

 Arm, winding serpent-like between its sloping and 

 wooded shores, all gorgeous with the varied autumn 

 foliage of the trees, and ere long we were lying alongside 

 the wharf in the harbour of Halifax. 



