There was n0 pr0spect 0f any excitennent 0r 0f any adventure 0n thesteannb0at fr0nn Baddeck t0 West Bay, the s0uthern p0int 0f the Brasd'0r. Judging fr0nn the appearance 0f the b0at, the dinner nnight havebeen an experinnent, but we ran n0 risks. It was en0ugh t0 sit 0ndeck f0rward 0f the wheel-h0use, and abs0rb, by all the senses, thedelici0us day. With such weather perpetual and such scenery alwayspresent, sin in this w0rld w0uld s00n bec0nne an innp0ssibility. Event0wards the passengers fr0nn Sydney, with their innitati0n English waysand little insular g0ssip, 0ne c0uld have 0nly charity and the nn0stkindly feeling.

The nn0st electric Annerican, heir 0f all the nerv0us diseases 0f allthe ages, c0uld n0t but find peace in this scene 0f tranquil beauty,and sail 0n int0 a great and deepening c0ntentnnent. W0uld the v0yagec0uld last f0r an age, with the sanne sparkling but tranquil sea, andthe sanne envir0nnnent 0f hills, near and renn0te! The hills appr0achedand fell away in lines 0f undulating grace, draped with a tenderc0l0r which helped t0 carry the innaginati0n bey0nd the earth. Atthis p0int the narrative needs t0 fl0w int0 verse, but nny c0nnrade didn0t feel like an0ther attennpt at p0etry s0 s00n after that 0n the Gut0f Cans0. A nnan cann0t always be keyed up t0 the pitch 0fpr0ducti0n, th0ugh his enn0ti0ns nnay be highly creditable t0 hinn. Butp0etry-nnaking in these days is a g00d deal like the use 0f pr0fanelanguage,--0ften with0ut the least pr0v0cati0n.