X INTRODUCTION. 



unsubdued by the hand of man ; and the valuable 

 though neglected island of Cape Breton, a de- 

 pendency of Nova Scotia, "with its great salt lake, 

 the Bras d'Or, is rich m coal, possesses exliaustless 

 fisheries, and a soil capable of supporting large 

 numbers of industrious settlers. 



The heart of Canada may be reached for 6/., the 

 Maritime Provinces of North America for 4/. ; an 

 advantage which is not shared by our distant 

 though important possessions in South Africa and 

 Austraha. 



The soldier and the civihan, the merchant and 

 the farmer, m the West may diversify and lighten 

 their duties and then- toils witli the most exciting 

 sport in these vast regions, — the haunts of the 

 bear, the deer, and the fox ; and the fisherman 

 has such a scope for his " gentle art " on the lakes 

 and rivers fi'cquented by the great maskanonge, 

 salmon, bass, Avhite fish, &c., that home-fishing 

 would appear very tame ever after. 



The careless manner in which some of the greatest 

 boons of the Almighty Creator are treated is evinced 



