VTII 
BLOMIDON 
KINGSPORT lies on the edge of a 
bluff below which the mighty tides 
surge in and out. It is a little 
wind-blown village unadorned by 
fish-flakes, for fishing is not carried on in 
Minas Basin. Its wharf is less imposing than 
that at Digby, though the tides here rise to a 
height of over fifty feet; but the shore is 
shelving, and when the tide is out the red 
sands are bare about the wharf, and the vessels 
lie aground. 
The Annapolis Basin is a serene expanse of 
water where one, as it were, feels the lift of the 
tides, while Minas Basin is a maelstrom where 
one feels their rush. 
Once Kingsport carried on an important 
ship-building industry, but her ship-yards are 
now no more. From her pier, however, ves- 
sels sail for London bearing the apples and 
potatoes of the interior. 
From Kingsport one gets a clear view of the 
peculiar outline of Blomidon. A vertical wall 
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