The Bottineau pioneer., 1889-12-14
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which ire SO necessary in young colonies with
a dangerous people near. They were, there
fore, removed to other British colonies The
cruelty consisted In their forced and sudden
departure without fair warning, which re-
suited in the separation Of some families and
the extreme poverty Of many In palliation
of this, the British Canadian writer's allege
that il the French had not been taken un
awares' they could not have been taken with
out much expense and some bloodshed; and,
as it was, many escaped and stirred up seri
Gus trouble among the Indians. And while
discussing these things we found that our
train had already crossed the peninsula and
was rounding Bedford Basin, and soon after
we entered Halifax, which was then thought
worthy Of a weeks visit
There Ia nothing exciting about Halifax
One can lie down and sleep any hour in the
twenty-four without being disturbed by the
roar Of traffic in the streets-that is, unless
he Is kept awake wondering how 35, 900 peo
mer the most soul restful place on this
continent. "They say" that July and Au
gust are the quietest months Of the year
because the sailors and fishermen are gone
and many Of the soldiers The climate also
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not rain, strictly speaking; it just dribbles
New comers from the States sleep half the
time; the climate has that effect on them at
first The mercury rarely rises above 50 de-
grees, and when it does there is refreshing
breeze from the ocean. When there is a
calm and the mercury at 80 the Haligonian
simply collapses and the wealthy talk Of 'go-
ing north till cooler weather."
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at the wharves-shipping lumber, fish,
etc.-and it is done very quietly. In the
principal streets elsewhere there is slight
stir, and over all the rest Of the city Is a
peace like unto that described as the final
goal Of the righteous. 1t is Nirvana with an
American favor. One longs to witness dog
fight, and an Ohio valley thunder storm
would be real treat. But they seldom have
such things in midsummer Even Mayor.
Congressman Hewitt could sleep well in Hal
flax, for as to insomnia the physicians
have not had case since the American pris.
oners left at the close Of the last war
For situation the city cannot be excelled.
The harbor entrance is narrow, but once in
side one finds it swelling into placid bay of
great size; many miles up it narrows again
and beyond that broadens into Bedford
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sidered spacious harbor Beyond the
'point" Gust beyond the harbor mouth) the
Northwest Arm begins and extends twelve or
fifteen miles inland-all the way crystal
sheet Of water, with perfectly lovely shores
From the harbor side the land rises rather
abruptly, but on the other side the slope Is
gentle, and for many miles all that side is
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three million dollars have been appropriated
to improve this great park, the administra-
tors have shown their good sense by leaving
nearly all of it In a state of nature, only
making splendid winding roads through it
and clearing away such brush as obstructed
the approach to or outlook over the sea. The
results are admirable The man who cannot
find rest there must be a restless mortal in
deed.
The Nova Scotians say that their peninsula
abounds in fine harbors. It sometimes seems
to me that the coast is all harbor. There are
SO many bays, large and small, so many in
let's and arms Of the sea, that the province
appears to be almost cut across in places, and
from any commanding point one can look out
upon the sea or upon some large harbor: At
first view one would say that Halifax is sur
rounded by good harbors; yet it is scarcely
more so than any other considerable city Of
the province The Nova Scotian is almost
everywhere in sight of the sea; as a natural
consequence almost every native has some
natural talent for sea faring. AS the Greeks
and Pbenicians were the navigators Of the
ancient world, because their location made
the sea more inviting to them than the land,
and as the Portuguese were the most daring
explorers of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth cen
turies, SO the Nova Scotians are born, one