Blomidon 
daloid, fragments from it strewing the sand- 
stone beneath, in places quite conceaHng it, 
and forming streams down the gullies where 
the young trees grew. These fragments we 
knew were scattered full of crystal treasures of 
great beauty and no small value, jewels for the 
roots of the young trees to twine about. 
According to the Micmac legends these 
jewels were placed on the mountain by Gloos- 
cap. It seems that the great chief had an old 
woman for a housekeeper and a beautiful boy 
for a page. He never married, but devoted his 
life to the service of man, teaching him the arts 
of hunting and fishing and curing the game. He 
also taught him the names of the stars and the 
constellations and what little he needed to know 
of agriculture. But there were times when the 
Great Spirit's magnanimity extended to his old 
housekeeper and then he caused her to assume 
the beautiful form of youth, and lavished pre- 
cious jewels upon her. It was during such a 
time that he sprinkled the whole mountain in 
his prodigal generosity. 
From our near view we saw the red sand- 
stone of Blomidon to be crossed at times by 
seams of lighter rock and blotched and spotted 
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