Show f 1 SJ 40 W i j IW Sketches uhei ahei of f na nova va scotia j The Province ia is well provided with secure aid and capacious cius clus harbors harbis on the atlantic all an tic tore fore w within thin a coast line lini of about one there are no less than twenty six goldhar boik bors capable of floating th the e largest aney and which are open and free from ice the thle whole y year r the bhore shoie ot of the ther bay of flindy alq drous grous harbors though not generally so well secured nor so deep yet sufficient for the purposes of a general navigation asui 0 of minas or fidai at the thel head 11 ad of ot the bay ol 01 fundy is perhaps p the most s singular gu larbe bf all the tha indentations lowthe coast of nova scotia the here bere jise to a bremen doub doua heigh sometimes to 60 00 or 70 feet and never less than 25 35 35 23 feet the sea comes in in three tidal waves which travel with such velocity that where ibe the shore bhore is ls linearly nearly level levei bli sil sheep ep awne e and even horses feeding dirig on the shore bhore are sometimes overtaken enand and drowned drowsed dro drow waed wred it is inie ipie interesting to a stranger to witness v iness tl the signal agn aik irk of sagacity evin evinced eo by those all ali annals ina 19 e us used to these fluctuation of the sea you y ou may be looking on a if number aber of ing on the clial alon aion the shore bhore on a sudden you youl seed seb see oie ope ole pf af them theuil raise Tise his head lad look toward 0 the sea give a knowing grunt i nt sandwith ont out apparent cause turn arld and make tor for the be land as fast a as his bis ings can carry carrs him bim abe ahe others follow suit running as a though i gh a gopf goad dinner waited for their never hever sa satisfied stomachs arriving at the more elevated land laud they stop suddenly sud denly deply and begin rooting and feeling als aas though 0 ibe they had never had bad a thought oi uneasiness some same time elapses after the pigs have showed alarm laran before the sl str sir atger arger can an divine the cause for the stampede then iben a dully roaring sound seaward enlists his bis itte attena attend rl ton and arid presently a black unbroken ridge mani mank many miles in exigent extent capped with wilh w hlee hife f foam oam catches es his eye with ll 11 swi swift ness nes it moves toward the land its front 20 0 feet high bish shining and smooth like ilke B some 0 y m M all ali of porphyry or br ebony crowned with snowa i not ia aleck elc of broam epam oil orl its face not a streak of gre grf green e n or dide au t to 0 relieve its intense blackness on it comes as though to submerge dle the die doomed land it reaches the land at and acres are in instantly cohered cot coy co erea ered making calciu t 1 was solid land but a wild sea of bo boiling boil boll i liag ipg bubbling waters this first wave is followed by two others neither of them their so high or sv tift t jt it is a din ain gular guiar fact that the brutes can hear bear the roan roar of me incoming sea sooner tuan than any inan mail though be may have lived on the shore from il u ifancy fancy the sa shores dres ores of the bay of fundy along alonz its wh whole 41 length are also aiso subject to what in kiy y be tei termed iii irl ea intermediate tide tlde at half tide for instance while the regular tide is receding the slater stater ater will come in in wb wih such rapidity that men at work on a vesse vessels lq bottom have not bad timeto time to pi pick ek up their t ois but have saved jbea themselves ves with difficulty by running or climbing thi the eadels easels side these aidea however disappear ear as aa quickly as they come eme large vessels ha have e been lifted suddenly by the water and ben deposited again been careened on a different side sid from that they lay on before the vicinity of minas bahn and ahe the valley of ahina afina annapolis olis is a paradise for foK farmers here are ral tal raise diall the products af the themore more favored dis districts of or maine new ha hampshire W isire and massachusetts fruits yv with ith the exception of peaches ches are raised in great plenty and the grains sand and especially the vegetables are very superior and abundant large tracts rich w with ith the deposits of the ti desare reclaimed from the sea by means of dykes andt and team efm with the products of the husbandman husbandman cor por of hartford Hart ford tord times |