Down North and Up Along 
We had the same difficulty with the bores 
and rips ; wherever we went they were some- 
where else. So we never once saw the tide 
coming in, in a solid wall five feet high, 
though our faith that it does so is still un- 
shaken. We were told that at the right time 
of year — of course this was the wrong time — 
we could see a very creditable display of tidal 
fury at the foot of Partridge Island. But 
though we did not see the most pronounced 
of Fundy's phenomena, we had the best and 
grandest always with us, the swift filling and 
emptying of the mighty sea basins, the wet 
and dripping sides of the tall piers close- 
grown with seaweed, and the shining red 
chasms of the tidal rivers. 
Partridge Island has the same formation as 
Blomidon, though it is less than half as high. 
From the sea on the east rises a turreted cliff 
of basalt, the lower part of which is amygda- 
loid ; while on the western side the basalt 
forms only a thin covering to the cliff of 
amygdaloid. Underneath the whole can here 
and there be seen cropping out the under- 
lying red sandstone. 
So Partridge Island has, too, its belt of 
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