Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22
Notes from Nova Scotia
Especial Correspondence

special Correspondence
QUEBEC, Sept st is almost 4 pain
to learn that only about one-third of Nova
Scotia is fine valley land aud that one
third of it is utterly useless to the far
nler, because Of rock, while the remaining
third is OF some value for pasturage. And it
is u surprise, indeed, to learn that this little
peninsula, which holds some of the Oldest
settlements on the American continent and
some of tho richest valleys in the world, also
contains regions as wild the rockiest
wastes of Colorado, swampS in which the
brown bear still finds safe retreat, aad
densely wooded ridges where the moose Is
stil hunted and from which flow mountain
streams where the unsophisticated trout stiH
rises to the fly" And yet it Is pleasure as
well as pain, TOR the sportsman and the
tourist have some rights as well as the states
man and political economist, and 10 Is q posi-
tive satisfaction 10 find that one-haf of Nova
Scotia never viii be shickly settled or cleared
of its timbaG-thst Is, not within any time
that need now be taken into account.
It's all On account OF the geology say
the local scientists Nova Scotia Is PENN
sular in form. but is continental in foryna-
ton In this small area We have every KIND
of rock. from azoic 10 carbouiferoJls and
from old fire distilled flint to soft sand stone
and drift The strata are set on edge. On
the southeast coast the reliable old granite
stands against the storm of Atlantic al an
angle just far enough from the perpendicular
10 give good assistance, and IL stands OF the
Atlantic too, saagi1y speaking Going
thence northwest aizoss tie peninsula you
cross successfully tie oyl1crop OF each sue
ceSsive geological aEa- ErclIsaa, siiurian,
Gevonian and carcod-ifgrcu7s III rUu reach
that as yet uade<crll,eti age ~ era when the
reptiles began 10 crawl above the coal beds,
when the coal and limestone had -sken the car
bon out Of the atmosphere and left it pure
enough for luu6sd animals, when, in short,
the pterodacryl famed the lang11id air with
his leathery wings and the iguanodon baszed
on the sunny banks Of sweet delverance~
This is the poetry OF the scientific siturtion.
The cold ru-uss OF il IS ttzr atTor1 ous-tnird of
N0va Scotia Consists % fe--Ciie vsiIlsrs Of
which This is TIE iars~st End richest. thac
there Isa line Of lakes, rocky tl-lS, TGrns and
trout Streams, nooSs grounds, tsar haunrs
and black pais&s slaI,s. TIE central -creS- o.
the peninsula u'iEiis Im.thsg seutA there
are nItIrHs Of at;Iasc every mineral trscful -
man. and m Sl-e e:K1 and nu1r.saax- a.2c,-
& go syIusz,R nI.lzs uf caal nssssIusss N wiicn
gre sDIne OK Lize sEarseS1 and nluSt aotea coal
ssarEss IN IiR EVfgiG
II is hsEsvsd .yy nIsIy lccal aIIIzfsE-7s II
s,iss1uee f3.sh the a-za oIIs loyssA slelI what
Is now Auus slslRs waltz; z fsn01 pslSef sIIt
eertaiRisE. .5lll sifs s,sil 1I.gslS al l.1e s<sI
clemens ssfaf s fetseii1Ils HI uIs1r hase lsst
Il Is songE1liEs'sn Ehs mature - q sprpr1se 70
see fire viIFeE2riss a7ff thrifty usc1Srlis, 10
learn tlsf FMS Is sss yssd L, tftir, far auplcs as
any "a the .Fsr IsIld f..gt t.fisss-. helo.E zero
IS The lowest tI4s s,erciiI,y lI2s marked Tor
many yaars J. 4 gEAp-