Down North and Up Along 
creation, chief among whom was the mighty 
Glooscap, friend of man. 
There is a legend telHng of a mystic stone 
which at night is sometimes seen blazing on 
the brow of the mountain. This is the " eye 
of Glooscap " or the " diamond of Cape 
Blomidon," 
Although Blomidon is willing that mortals 
should see this jewel of " miraculous radiance " 
and even allow its whereabouts to be discovered 
at times, woe to the unlucky finder who should 
presume to remove it. Terrible misfortune 
would be his portion, and in the end the gem, 
by its own miraculous powers, would find its 
way back to Blomidon's brow. 
There is another story to the effect that 
among the crown jewels of France has blazed 
for over a century a great amethyst from the 
treasure-house of Blomidon ; and it has been 
suggested that the unstable fortunes of France 
may be due to her possession of this very 
eye of Glooscap. Certain it is this token 
has not of late been observed on Blomidon's 
front. 
Although one can see Blomidon clearly out- 
lined from Kingsport one must get close to 
