Down North and Up Along 
we finally took him, though we did it under 
protest. We could not then understand why 
willingness to cross ferries should count so 
mightily in his favour. Our very narrow- 
minded idea of a " ferry," based upon those by 
which one enters or leaves New York City, was 
to become broadened to an extent we did not 
dream of then. 
" Down North " is applicable to any journey 
northward from the southernmost point of 
Nova Scotia. " Up along," like the same 
term on Cape Cod, is used of travelling along 
the edge of the land, that long strip by the 
sea which in both Cape Cod and Cape North 
is the portion most generally inhabited. So 
when we left Baddeck — or perhaps better, left 
Englishtown — we might technically be said to 
be going " up along." 
A clear, cool morning dawned about the 
middle of September. The waggon was ready ; 
and Dan, shining from a most unusual polishing, 
the last grooming he was likely to get until he 
returned to his own stable, with a strong 
harness on his back and new shoes on his feet, 
waited our pleasure. 
Into the back of the waggon were packed a 
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