A SQUADRON OP SHIPS SUNK. 307 



" Augusi 25. To-day I walked to the wharves, and was surprised 

 to find them every one gated and locked, and sentinels standing 

 guard everywhere. In the afternoon there was a military 

 funeral ; it was a grand sight, the soldiers walked far apart, 

 guns inverted, to the sound of the finest anthem, and wonder- 

 fully well executed by an excellent band. 



" There are no signs of style here ; only two ordinary barouches 

 came to church to-day (the Episcopal), where the bishop said 

 the prayers and preached. All the churches receive a certain 

 number of soldiers dressed in uniform. The natives of the 

 province are called ' Blue Noses,' and to-morrow we intend to 

 see all we can of them. 



"August 26. To-day I delivered letters which I brought to 

 Bishop Inglis and the Chief Justice, but did not find them at 

 home. To-morrow we hope to leave here for Windsor, distant 

 forty-five miles. 



" Augusi 27. At nine o'clock we entered the coach, or rather 

 five of us entered it, as it would hold no more, and one was 

 obliged to take an outside seat in the rain. The road from 

 Halifax to Windsor is macadamized and good, winding through 

 undulating hills and valleys ; our horses were good,and although 

 we had but one pair at a time, we travelled six and a half miles 

 an hour. For more than nine miles our course was along the 

 borders of the Bay of Halifax ; the view was pleasant, and here 

 and there we noticed tolerable good-looking summer-houses. 

 Near the head of this bay, said the driver, an Eiiglish fleet 

 pursued a squadron of seven French ships, and forced them to 

 haul down their colours ; but the French commander, or admiral, 

 sunk all his vessels, preferring to do this to surrendering them 

 to the British. The water was so deep at this place that the 

 tops of the masts of the vessels went deep out of sight, and have 

 been seen only once since then, which was more than twenty 

 years ago. 



"We passed the abandoned lodge of Prince Edward, who 

 spent about one million of pounds on this building and the 

 grounds, but the whole is now a ruin ; thirty years have passed 

 since it was in its splendour. On leaving the waters of the bay, 

 we followed those of the Salmon Eiver, a small rivulet of swift 

 water, which abounds with salmon, trout, elwines, &c. The 



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