Baddeck 
we call " composition ; " things are not placed 
quite right with respect to one another, and 
the proportions are not good. Such is the im- 
pression one gets from the village itself, but 
on the higher land back of the village there 
are points of view from which Baddeck on the 
water's edge, with its diversified water-view in 
the background, is charming indeed. 
Whether Baddeck is old or young depends 
upon the point of view. In 1793 it had ten 
white inhabitants, which is ten more than Chi- 
cago had at the same time. But Chicago had 
something of an agaric nature which in little 
more than half a century has caused it to spring 
to the ungainly size of over a million, while 
Baddeck has had a slow and solid growth of 
nine hundred within a century. 
Baddeck's first inhabitants were disbanded 
soldiers, and her people now are largely com- 
posed of the Scotch who have moved to this 
part of Cape Breton. The names over her 
shop doors are Rory McLeod, Sandy McLane, 
Murdoch McPherson, or similar Scotch cog- 
nomens. The place is largely Presbyterian, 
though a little building still gathers the people 
of the Church of England under its wing. 
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