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he throws it lengthwise at his feet. Amidst the highest 

 waves of the Bay of Fundy, these feats are performed by 

 the Indians during tlie whole of the season, when the 

 porpoises resort thither. 



"You have often, no doubt, heard of the extraordina- 

 ry tides of this bay ; so had I, but, like others, I was loth 

 to believe that the reports were strictly true. So I went 

 to the pretty town of Windsor, in Nova Scotia,, to judge 

 for myself 



" But let us leave the Fancy for awhile, and fancy our- 

 selves at Windsor. Late one day in August, my com- 

 panions and I were seated on the grassy elevated bank 

 of the river, about eighty feet or so above its bed, which 

 was almost dry, and extended for nine miles below like a 

 sandy wilderness. Many vessels lay on the high banks, 

 taking in their cargo of gypsum. We thought the ap- 

 pearance very singular, but we were too late to watch the 

 tide that evening. Next morning we resumed our sta- 

 tion, and soon perceived the water flowing toward us, and 

 rising with a rapidity of which we had previously seen no 

 example. We planted along the steep declivity of the 

 bank a number of sticks, each three feet long, the base 

 of one being placed on a level with the top of that below 

 it, and when about half flow the tide reached their tops, 

 one after another, rising three feet in ten minutes, or 

 eighteen in the hour, and at high water the surface was 

 sixty-five feet above the bed of the river. On looking 

 for the vessels which we had seen the previous eVening, 

 we were told that most of them had gone with the night 

 tide. But now we are again on board the Fancy ; Mr. 

 Claredge stands near the pilot, who sits next to the man 

 at the helm. On we move swiftly, for the breeze has 

 freshened; many islands we pass in succession ; the wind 

 increases to a gale. With reefed sails we dash along, 

 and now rapidly pass a heavily-laden sloop, gallantly run- 



