Blomidon 
his abused legs. But he was dissuaded from 
so rash a measure, and his wounds comforted 
with tar. 
We learned that this was the usual method 
of putting horses aboard the " Evangeline." 
We left Kingsport and followed the land 
toward Blomidon ; as we neared the headland 
the boat went closer to shore. A loon off the 
port side eyed us anxiously and finally with an 
unearthly wail disappeared under the water. 
" Poor thing ! " said M., " it is crying for 
Glooscap;" and if the Indian legend is true, no 
doubt it was, for according to that the loons were 
Glooscap's huntsmen, and he had taught them 
their strange cry, promising that whenever he 
heard it he would come to their succour. When 
he left the world of men the loons were discon- 
solate, and now they go wandering up and down 
the earth calling for Glooscap. Glooscap seems 
to have spent much of his time in the neigh- 
bourhood of Minas Basin and there to have 
performed his most remarkable feats. 
The legendary accounts of the formation of 
the Cornwallis Valley may not be quite as true 
as the geological story, but they are at least as 
entertaining. According to them, Minas Basin 
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