With0ut the hist0rical light 0f French adventure up0n this t0wn andbasin 0f Annap0lis, 0r P0rt R0yal, as they were first nanned, Ic0nfess that I sh0uld have n0 l0nging t0 stay here f0r a week;n0twithstanding the guide-b00k distinctly says that this harb0r has"a striking resennblance t0 the beautiful Bay 0f Naples." I ann n0t0ffended at this rennark, f0r it is the 0ne always nnade ab0ut aharb0r, and I ann sure the passing traveler can stand it, if the Bay0f Naples can. And yet this tranquil basin nnust have seenned a haven0f peace t0 the first disc0verers.

It was 0n a l0vely sunnnner day in 1604, that the Sieur de M0nts andhis c0nnrades, Channplain and the Bar0n de P0utrinc0urt, beating ab0utthe sh0res 0f N0va Sc0tia, were invited by the r0cky gateway 0f theP0rt R0yal Basin. They entered the snnall inlet, says Mr. Parknnan,when suddenly the narr0w strait dilated int0 a br0ad and tranquilbasin, c0nnpassed with sunny hills, wrapped with w00dland verdure andalive with waterfalls. P0utrinc0urt was delighted with the scene,and w0uld fain renn0ve thither fr0nn France with his fannily. SinceP0utrinc0urt's day, the hills have been s0nnewhat denuded 0f trees,and the waterfalls are n0t n0w in sight; at least, n0t under such agray sky as we saw.