Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-20

people ENJOY none Of the luxures, and few OF the com.
ofts OF lite In the winter season. tho want oil iue and
the apprehension OF exposure 10 the violent gales compel
them 10 the order fashionable usage and 10 retire
20 small camps cabus erected in tlc interior. When
he party lett this auchorsg", they we're dr,Nen 10y
distance north o the Magdaeue Islands,
and Tor days AMI nights tossed the OF the
Gulph which Mr. Audubon enpha'cally describes the
yicst As the weather pei nit,ed he sail
ed in the direction Pictou in Nova Sco,i. where he
Discharged hs vessel, in order to vist a portion OF the
Bi"i.h provinces fe'ou is pleasant village ON the
m"gn oil Hhe'utul hay, in which twenty Thirty yes
srH were at ch"r' waiting Tor supplies o coal. The
country M its vicinity Is mere fertile than usual with
to'' which al onmd IN minerals. Al PlciOu Mr Andu
'icctl't eel many aiicnOus the Consul, MI bItnch
a"i a"d Professor Macuuch of the University, VITO has
Hch coilecionUf weP preserved binds ahd presented
htm with yerh valuable specimens. The road FROM
This place Ia rruo l. Mae iamizsd, and resembles the Ii
nsS roads Of hat description IN Europe; and e country
IL rich AMI diversified both In It's aspect and naurel pro-
iuctiUns Truro is si'uaed in thc centre of luxuant
saley, adorned with nea, flrm.EOuses and villas; il was
there, that the patty caught first view OF the head wa
tiers ot the bay OF Funiy Professor Maculoch there,
having Iher Tor the purpose OF introducing them
10 gentlemen oi the Provincial Assembly, in hose
company they passed several agreeable hours From ths
s ce to "ax the appearance oil the country becomes
less ani less attractive.
TIC appearance Of Halifax pleasing distance bot
residence al lew day, did iuclue the travellers TO
ee much regret 1t the pepd of their lcPa they
80 unfortunate as no, TO otthe gentlemen whom
the letters ri oduciiOn which they received Truro,
we've addressed From this place to Windsor which L.
situated OH the river OF the same eight miles
sbave its confluence with the Bay OF Fundy the aspect OF
the country is not very inviting the road
Nnds along the bay Immediately after leaving Halifax,
there are many fine seats, with ornaented grounds
them At Windsor the Tide observed rise more than
sixty feet and, when half ow i, rose three lee, per
pendicudrly IN the pace OF ten minutes At low water
tho bed oil the river IL almost dry; the vessels which were
scattered along the bank TO be lsdeu with gypsum the
great commodity of the place, appeared have been
STATIONED there by some magic power. Mr.. Audubon en-
olrked ut Windsor on board the steamboat Maid Of the
Mist, most appropriate name Tor the latitude in which
She fIieS and after touching St John,
10 Eap" and from thence 10 Boston; where he arrived
IN good health and without having met with any disastrous
accid' nj IN the whole course Of hs tour.
In this excursion, ii was not the expectation Of Mr. Au
dnbon TO make many new discoveries the coast of La
brador IL tot one, which udcious bits would be likely
select for any other than suincer residence lie his
however, IN ascsrlinng The habits oil those already
procured lni rmation, which must materially enhance the
value OF his great work aud the drawings dur
ing his absence particularly of the three birds which
been mentioned discovered by him, exqusilely
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