PREFACE. 



LITTLE apology is necessary for the appearance of 

 this book ; inasmuch as it is not intended to be in any 

 sense a scientific work. It is more strictly the simple 

 narrative of a Nature-lover's first voyage westward, 

 together with some few attempts at the word-picturing 

 of what he saw during his sojourn in Acadia, which in 

 prose is rendered Nova Scotia a sweet name, maybe, 

 but not so sweet as the elder one. 



Neither is the book intended to be concerned with the 

 doings of men, and it will be found, indeed, that the 

 author has studiously ignored the subject. One need 

 not journey three thousand miles to study human Nature. 



It will be found, however, that some little attention 

 has been paid to ornithology, and in this connection it 

 is probable that the work may contain something of 

 interest to the naturalist as well as the Nature-lover. 



H. K. S. 



