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must step ashore. We cast loose and as we pushed 

 off were saluted with four guns from the fort, and 

 four from the revenue cutter. The wind was dead 

 ahead but we beat down with the tide, and the 

 Captain of the cutter accompanied us till we were 

 steered clear of all difficulties, and were launched 

 out into the bay of Fundy. We kept on and by 

 night had beat down to Little river; a distance of 

 twenty or thirty miles, but the wind dying away, 

 we did not succeed in getting into the harbor. A 

 breeze sprung up about noon the next day, which 

 increased the next night, and Saturday afternoon 

 we steered round Cape Sable between the mud and 

 seal islands, rejoicing that we were clear of the bay 

 of Fundy with its confounded tides. We passed by 

 Halifax at a distance of thirty miles, and at night 

 spoke the schooner Caledonia from Boston bound 

 to the Labrador. Monday afternoon we made Can- 

 seau and as the wind was ahead for going through 

 the gut, we run into the harbor, where we found 

 several other vessels waiting contentedly for a fair 

 wind. There are a few inhabitants at this place, 

 who derive their support from the fishery, but the 

 land is poor and yields only a few potatoes. We 

 obtained however some milk and eggs, which sa- 

 vored very well, especially as we bad adieu to the lat- 

 ter when we pushed off from Eastport. The next 

 morning at four oclock we set sail again with a fair 

 wind, and crossing the bay were soon in the gut 

 of Canseau through which we had a most delight- 

 ful sail. This name is given to the passage between 

 Cape Breton island and Nova Scotia, a narrow 

 strait where you see distinctly both shores. The 

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