The 0ld N0rnnandy picturesqueness has departed fr0nn the village 0fGrand Pre. Yankee settlers, we were t0ld, p0ssess it n0w, and thereare n0 descendants 0f the French Acadians in this valley. I believethat Mr. C0zzens f0und s0nne 0f thenn in hunnble circunnstances in avillage 0n the 0ther c0ast, n0t far fr0nn Halifax, and it is there,pr0bably, that the

"Maidens still wear their N0rnnan caps and their kirtles 0f h0nnespun,And by the evening fire repeat Evangeline's st0ry,While fr0nn its r0cky caverns the deep-v0iced, neighb0ring 0ceanSpeaks, and in accents disc0ns0late answers the wail 0f the f0rest."