Grand Pre 
and preserved, and picturesque haycocks stand 
on stilts over the marshes, but the value of 
the salt hay is little compared to the opulence 
of the meadow-land when protected from the 
sting of the brine. 
Situated as Grand Pre is, on a ridge at the 
extreme eastern edge of the Cornwallis Valley, 
the views everywhere about are fine. 
Wolfville, the largest town of that region, 
is only three miles away on the same ridge. 
It is a college town, containing several institu- 
tions for training the mental and spiritual 
man and woman, being blessed as well with 
a Young Ladies* Seminary. It is rather an 
attractive-looking place with its many shade- 
trees, and from it may be obtained a fine view 
of the Cornwallis Valley. 
Being plentifully supplied with boarding- 
houses and accommodation of all sorts for 
the summer tourist, it is the general stopping- 
place. Grand Pre being a Mecca to which the 
tourists pour in crowds, to gaze, perchance 
to worship, at Evangeline's shrine, to shed a 
tear, and go their way. 
The drive between Wolfville and Grand 
Pre is beautiful enough to entice the pleasure- 
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