Down North and Up Along 
bronze, played over by bright, iridescent hues. 
To give an idea of these when properly " kip- 
pered " would excite useless envy in the hearts 
of all who grasped the idea. These favoured 
fish are called " Digby angels " in other towns 
of Nova Scotia, but it is to be feared this is 
due to a spirit of mockery engendered by 
jealousy. 
Reluctantly we prepared to leave Digby, and 
one morning found ourselves on the " Flying 
Bluenose," and speeding along the Annapolis 
Basin in the direction the two little ships had 
sailed so long ago. 
" Bluenose " in Nova Scotia is equivalent to 
" Yankee " in New England. The derivation of 
" Yankee " is uncertain, — nobody knows exactly 
where it came from, nor who invented and first 
applied it ; consequently there is a pleasant mys- 
tery about it which enables us to forget its 
plebeian sound and even to feel proud of any 
claim to the title. 
But there is no reclaiming haze of mystery 
about the meaning of " Bluenose," though the 
Bluenoses themselves are frequently unable, 
or possibly ashamed, to explain it. One old 
woman told us it came from the " Flying 
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