The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-14
NOVA SC0TIA'S QUEEN CITY
(continued from Ninth Pago.)

around the bottom and yellow Kat or button top, cooked on one side or the head and fastened by chin cord, and when off duty both officers and men carry short canes. The band, which IS attached to the infantry regiment and wears its uniform, is very fine one and sometimes gives open-air concerts in the public gardens Saturday attef- moons and certain evenings in the sum- mer
 These British regulars are all tail' stalWart, swarthy men, some qute young, very loyal to their queen anu patriotic in their feelings towards their country. They certainly do look hnely. The officers especially look very sololer- ly.
 Her Majesty's dock-yard, the prlhcl- pal station of the North American ana West India squadron, is very interest ing. The buildings are built or the same material as the public buildings and forts and seem of a very supstdh- tial character. There is large coat ol arms on building inside the gfoulos bearing the date 1T59, and on the shlelo the white horse of Hanover IS plalniy seen. The yard and war ships are guarded by royal marines whose uhl- form is almost exactly the same as that of the infantry described above except the collars, cuff, shoulder pieces ana facings, and their trousers are aafk blue. One sees everywhere both in the yard and on the war ships the stufoy English tar in his broad brimmed straW sailor cap, white shirt with broad llght blue tapping collar, sailor Knot ana cord, white or dark searnarl's trousers. He may look more sailor-boy-hke, put he has an equal, if not superior Ill the brave and jolly Yankee middy who mas proved his seamanship and nghtlnS qualities many times in war. was permitted to inspect H. M. $, Partridge. She is a very good war ship, but seemed inferior to our own magnificent cruisers both as to armament and equipment. | H. M, S. Talbot was anchored a snort distance from the yard, in the harpor. She is a large and fine looking cruiser. There is also located at this place the | largest dry dock on the American con- tinent. It is built in the solid rock, Of gray granite and concrete and IS the | only dock on this side of the Atlantic which will receive the largest vessels Of the royal navy without removing guns and stores. The pumps have capaclty of 45,000 gallons of water per minute | and empty the dock, which contains c. | 900 900 gallons of water, in three hours. The U. S. battle-ship Indiana was re- paired in this dock last summer The Public Gardens are one of the attrac- tive features of the place It contains about fourteen acres and is without doubt one of the handsomest public parks on the American continent. Landscape gardening as practiced in England has transformed the place into a veritable fairy land. Some of the designs in flower beds are both unique and exquisite in their make up. One re- produces the arms of Great Britain, in cluding the lion and unicorn, the shield and the crown at the foot of the whole design the motto ''Dieu ct Mon Droit," (God and my Right) is plainly seen, and in each upper corner of the piece near it's flower frame, the initials "V. R. | (Victoria Regina) are very noticeable. Another represents Cabot's ship with all it's sails set, showing the masts and every spar. over the design I think it said Cabot gave to Bristol new world" or similar words. Underneath 1 the piece were tllc iIttlllto ooHll %t1ptI and Bristol. and in each lower corner the dates 1497 and 1S97 fine band stand, fountain and numerous statuary ornament the grounds. On little lake swans and ducks swim.
 There are several delightful drives |around and in the suburbs of the city One of these drives is to and along the shore of the northwest arm. branch of the sea. Near the shore are many pret- ty summer residences On this drive we can see Melville Island where a mill itary prison is located. Here men of the army and navy, condemned for va rious offences are incarcerated It was here that the American prisoners of war were confined, but the prison was inadequate and many of them were re- moved elsewhere. I think they were prisoners captured by the British in the
 war of 1872. Another object that may be seen on the drive is Chain Rock a rock from which a chain was stretched across the arm to prevent the entrance of foreign ships at the time of the French and English war. l understand that the French threw the chain across. Another charming drive is to Point Pleasant Park, where Scotch heather |may be seen growing. The keeper of the park will furnish some to those who
 desire it. His residence is a freestone
 lodge lately erected just inside the gates
 on Young avenue. In the heart of this
 park may be seen the Martello Tower, an old French fort, now abandoned.
 If while in the city one passes, as we
 did, St. Paups cemetery, they will see
 the Parker and Welsford monument
 erected to the memory of two men
 bearing those names and natives of
 Nova Scotia, who lost their lives at the
 built of freestone in the shape of ar
 arch, Surmounted by a lion. On the
 face of it is Welsford, Redan, Parker il
 gold lettering. Another nice drive is
 out in the vicinity of the Exhibition
 grounds, passing on the way Yelling
 ton barracks. a large military dormito. ry. The Exhibition buildings were al
 new and many of them not fully com.
 pleted at the time we were there, bu, they are now finished and an exhibition
 has been or is being held there during
 this month. There are quite a number of buildings inside the enclosure We
 left Halifax on Monday, August 23d, at
 8 a. m., taking a train on the Dominion Atlantic railroad, passing through the
 Land of Evangeline," going right by
 Grand Pre-, Wolfeville and Annapolis
 Royal, where the grassy ramparts ot