NOVA SCOTIA
Reading edition
“Towards Scotia’s earliest bonniest chiel, Across the wild Atlantic wave I sailed my trig auld Norland keel.”
“A full-fed river winding slow.”
NOVA SCOTIA
THE PROVINCE THAT HAS BEEN PASSED BY
BY
BECKLES WILLSON
AUTHOR OF “THE GREAT FUR COMPANY,” “THE ROMANCE OF CANADA,” ETC.
“I don’t know what more you’d ask: almost an island, indented everywhere with harbours, surrounded with fisheries—the key of the St. Lawrence, the Bay of Fundy, and the West Indies; prime land above, one vast mineral bed beneath, and a climate over all temperate, pleasant and healthy. If that ain’t enough for one place, it’s a pity—that’s all.”—Sam Slick, of Slickville.
REVISED EDITION WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON CONSTABLE & COMPANY LTD. 1912
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh