Halifax 
traditional land of their ancestors and have 
little zest for the fir-trees of the North. 
One wonders whether it was the custom of 
sending disaffected people to Halifax that orig- 
inated the historic advice, perhaps less common 
now than formerly, to " go to Halifax." 
To go there, however, is not wholly a punish- 
ment, and there is no reason why it might not 
become a very agreeable place to " go to " in 
the summer-time. One misses the tides of 
Fundy here, and there is no doubt that their 
sudden loss has upon the mind of the traveller 
the effect of belittling the charming coast about 
Halifax. All other shores seem tame for a 
long time after one has known the mighty rise 
and fall of the waters of the Bay of Fundy. 
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