Blomidon 
Of this M. reminded me as soon as we came 
in sight of the queer-looking cape, and it could 
no longer be doubted that if Glooscap was able 
to swing this dam of rock he had really done 
so. 
M. said it was no harder to believe he swung 
it than to believe he sailed on Minas' troubled 
waters in a stone canoe, which, according to the 
Indian legend, was his usual method of pro- 
gression excepting when he preferred to ride a 
whale. These feats indeed are no more re- 
markable than that performed by Saint Patrick, 
who, as every one knows, is said to have floated 
ashore on an iron door when shipwrecked off 
the east coast of Ireland. 
In front of us as we crossed the channel was 
the bold front of Partridge Island, while down 
the channel, on the same side of the coast, 
stood out the rocky headland of Cape Sharp. 
To the right of Partridge Island, and some 
distance away, were the picturesque forms of 
the Five Islands, for whose existence Glooscap 
was also credited by the Indians as being re- 
sponsible, he having thrown them at the Great 
Beaver at the time of the conflict. 
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