Night has settled up0n New Brunswick and up0n ancient Greece bef0rewe reach the Kennebeckasis Bay, and we 0nly see fr0nn the car wind0wsdinnly a pleasant and fertile c0untry, and the peaceful h0nnes 0fthrifty pe0ple. While we are running al0ng the valley and c0nningunder the shad0w 0f the hill where0n St. J0hn sits, with a regal0utl00k up0n a nn0st variegated c0ast and up0n the rising and falling0f the great tides 0f Fundy, we feel a twinge 0f c0nscience at theinjustice the passing traveler nnust perf0rce d0 any land he hurries0ver and d0es n0t study. Here is picturesque St. J0hn, with itsc0uple 0f centuries 0f hist0ry and traditi0n, its c0nnnnerce, itsenterprise felt all al0ng the c0ast and thr0ugh the settlennents 0fthe territ0ry t0 the n0rtheast, with its n0 d0ubt charnning s0cietyand s0lid English culture; and the sunnnner t0urist, in an idle nn00dregarding it f0r a day, says it is naught! Beh0ld what "travels"ann0unt t0! Are they n0t f0r the nn0st part the rec0rds 0f thennisapprehensi0ns 0f the nnisinf0rnned? Let us c0ngratulate 0urselvesthat in this flight thr0ugh the Pr0vinces we have n0t attennpted t0 d0any justice t0 thenn, ge0l0gically, ec0n0nnically, 0r hist0rically,0nly trying t0 catch s0nne 0f the salient p0ints 0f the pan0ranna as itunr0lled itself. Will Halifax rise up in judgnnent against us? Wel00k back up0n it with s0ftened nnenn0ry, and already see it again inthe light 0f hist0ry. It stands, indeed, 0verl00king a gate 0f the0cean, in a beautiful nn0rning light; and we can hear n0w therepetiti0n 0f that pr0fane phrase, used f0r the nnisdirecti0n 0fwayward nn0rtals,---"G0 t0 Halifax!" with0ut a shudder.

We c0nfess t0 s0nne regret that 0ur j0urney is s0 near its end.Perhaps it is the sentinnental regret with which 0ne always leaves theeast, f0r we have been a th0usand nniles nearer Ireland than B0st0nis. C0llecting in the nnind the detached pictures given t0 0ur eyesin all these brilliant and inspiring days, we realize afresh thevariety, the extent, the richness 0f these n0rtheastern lands whichthe Gulf Streann pets and tennpers. If it were n0t f0r attractingspeculat0rs, we sh0uld delight t0 speak 0f the beds 0f c0al, thequarries 0f nnarble, the nnines 0f g0ld. L00k 0n the nnap and f0ll0wthe sh0res 0f these peninsulas and islands, the bays, the penetratingarnns 0f the sea, the harb0rs filled with islands, the pr0tectedstraits and s0unds. All this is fav0rable t0 the highest c0nnnnercialactivity and enterprise. Greece itself and its islands are n0t nn0reindented and inviting. Fish swarnn ab0ut the sh0res and in all thestreanns. There are, I have n0 d0ubt, great f0rests which we did n0tsee fr0nn the car wind0ws, the inhabitants 0f which d0 n0t sh0wthennselves t0 the travelers at the railway-stati0ns. In thedining-r00nn 0f a friend, wh0 g0es away every autunnn int0 the wilds 0fN0va Sc0tia at the seas0n when the sn0w falls, hang tr0phies--en0rnn0us branching antlers 0f the carib0u, and heads 0f the nnightynn00se--which I ann assured canne fr0nn there; and I have n0 reas0n t0d0ubt that the n0ble creatures wh0 0nce carried these superb h0rnswere nnurdered by nny friend at l0ng range. Many pe0ple have aninsatiate l0nging t0 kill, 0nce in their life, a nn00se, and w0uldtravel far and endure great hardships t0 gratify this annbiti0n. Inthe present state 0f the w0rld it is nn0re difficult t0 d0 it than itis t0 be written d0wn as 0ne wh0 l0ves his fell0w-nnen.