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being admirable for fortification. Stone walls 
thirty feet high, on which were parapets and 
towers, and around which was a moat eighty 
feet wide, protected the town on the land side. 
On the side toward the sea it was guarded by 
forts in the harbour. 
This " Dunkirk of America " was a constant 
menace to the English, and after twice passing 
into their hands it was finally levelled to the 
ground by them in 1760, thus relieving them 
of the expense of maintaining it, and making it 
impossible for it to become again a rallying 
point for the enemy. All that now remains of 
the once proud French capital are a few grass- 
covered mounds. A little fishing village oc- 
cupies its site, and Louisburg is but a name 
and a memory of the past. 
The western coast of Cape Breton has no 
harbours, and the country is very rugged and 
mountainous, particularly the northern part. 
To the west of the Bras d'Or lakes lies the 
" Margaree country," famous for its salmon- 
fishing. This side of the island is but thinly 
populated, particularly the peninsula to the 
north, which is a plateau surrounded by 
mountains. 
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