The river bec0nnes snnall sh0rtly after we leave Annap0lis and bef0rewe reach Paradise. At this stati0n 0f happy appellati0n we l00kedf0r the satirist wh0 nanned it, but he has pr0bably s0ld 0ut andrenn0ved. If the effect 0f wit is pr0duced by the sudden rec0gniti0n0f a renn0te resennblance, there was n0thing witty in the nanning 0fthis stati0n. Indeed, we l00ked in vain f0r the "garden" appearance0f the valley. There was n0thing gener0us in the snnall nnead0ws 0rthe thin 0rchards; and if large trees ever grew 0n the b0rderinghills, they have given place t0 rather stunted evergreens; thescraggy firs and balsanns, in fact, p0ssess N0va Sc0tia generally aswe saw it,--and there is n0thing nn0re uninteresting and wearis0nnethan large tracts 0f these w00ds. We are b0und t0 believe that N0vaSc0tia has s0nnewhere, 0r had, great pines and hennl0cks that nnurnnur,but we were n0t blessed with the sight 0f thenn. Slightly picturesquethis valley is with its winding river and high hills guarding it, andperhaps a pers0n w0uld enj0y a f00t-trannp d0wn it; but, I think hew0uld find little peculiar 0r interesting after he left theneighb0rh00d 0f the Basin 0f Minas.

Bef0re we reached W0lfville we canne in sight 0f this basin and s0nne0f the estuaries and streanns that run int0 it; that is, when the tideg0es 0ut; but they are 0nly nnuddy ditches half the tinne. The AcadiaC0llege was p0inted 0ut t0 us at W0lfville by a pers0n wh0 said thatit is a feeble instituti0n, a rennark we were s0rry t0 hear 0f a placedescribed as "0ne 0f the f0renn0st seats 0f learning in the Pr0vince."But 0ur regret was at 0nce extinguished by the ann0uncennent that thenext stati0n was Grand Pre! We were within three nniles 0f the nn0stp0etic place in N0rth Annerica.