Blomidon 
examine it, and this can be done at any time 
by crossing the Bay to Parrsboro. The boat 
from Kingsport to Parrsboro leaves and lands 
by the grace of Neptune. It alternately lies 
on the sand some thirty feet or more below the 
top of the pier, and rides triumphantly with 
its deck on a level with that structure. 
One fair afternoon we sat aloft and waited 
for the boat to ascend to us. 
The captain cheerily announced that we 
could get aboard in a few minutes. It certainly 
did not look so as we gazed down upon the far 
away " Evangeline," but the captain's faith in 
Fundy was not unrequited, and soon the smoke- 
stack began to appear above the edge of the 
wharf 
Soon after we were able to reach the top of 
the cabin which formed the " Evangeline's " 
only deck. Our descent was certainly a little 
steep, but not so much so as that of a four- 
footed fellow-passenger. 
A derrick stood on the " Evangeline's " bow 
and was used in lowering baggage and other 
bulky articles when the captain wanted to get 
under way before the full of the tide. 
This day a man wished to cross with his 
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