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productiveness ; extensive orchards are also to be seen in many localities, 

 and the quality and quantity of fruit grown are not excelled. 



There are several ways of reaching Nova Scotia from Boston, and each 

 has its own degree of popularity. 



Landing at Yarmouth in the morning, the tourist, after his baggage 

 has been examined by the customs officer, takes the train on the Dominion 

 Atlantic railway, if going north, or one of the mail stages, or a private car- 

 riage, if his destination is a point near at hand. 



For the sportsman there are several desirable localities easily reached 

 by carriage. Among them is the little village of Kemptville, to which place 

 a mail stage makes daily trips from Yarmouth. The trout fishing here is 

 excellent, and large catches have been made, the fish being gamy and 

 averaging of good size. 



Near by, on the Tusket river, salmon are also killed, and, the waters 

 being free, as, in fact, they are generally throughout the Province, the 

 angler may enjoy, in an outing of a week or two, all the recreation that he 

 can, in reason, desire. There are upward of eighty lakes and ponds in the 

 township, all of which empty into the Tusket river, and from this fact one 

 may form some idea of the possibilities of the neighborhood. 



To the hunter, the woods in this locality in the autumn also offer 

 many attractions, partridges and woodcock being abundant, and moose also 

 may be obtained if the sportsman wishes to go into the wilderness for 

 them from this point. 



By another stage from Yarmouth the traveler may reach the town of 

 Tusket, near the mouth of the river, where fairly good fishing may be found, 

 and if he wishes to continue his journey, he will find at Barrington com- 

 fortable quarters, and in the vicinity of the town some fishing, and par- 

 tridge and duck shooting. The stage road follows along the shore to 

 Shelburne, where there is, in the autumn, duck and shore-bird shooting, and 

 satisfactory fishing in May and June. Beyond Shelburne, on the same 

 road, is the town of Liverpool, near which, salmon are killed with the fly, 

 and good trout fishing is easily attainable a few miles from the town. 



The railroad along the south shore, which is now being constructed, 

 will make this section more easily approached and will open up to the 

 sportsman many choice spots which are not very accessible. There are 

 scores of lakes and ponds in this portion of the Province, and they are 

 worth the attention of the angler. In addition to the stage line, there is a 

 steamer which leaves Yarmouth for the towns that have been named, every 

 Friday morning, on the arrival of the Boston boat. 



If the objective point of the tourist is not in any of these localities, he 

 takes the train at Yarmouth for Annapolis, stopping off wherever he may 

 please. In the neighborhood of Digby and Bear river, fair trout fishing is 

 to be obtained ; partridge and woodcock shooting is also good, and in the 



