as the shunting is being done. They stand on the station platform and gaze wonder— ingly at the stranger from the outer world. Little girlsstoo, emboldened by the pre- sence of their older brothers, pluck up courage to pass the tar windows and

take shy glances at the people from the great cities. To see their fresh young faces and artless simplicity of manner is alone well worth the railway fare from some far—oft metropolis.

Extensive dairying farms are seen as lilmsdale is neared. Pleasant knolls of land spread out in every direction, and the belts of trees of various tints, as well as the trim orchards, give an attrac— tive appearance to the whole countryside.

And now Alberton is reached, near to Holland or (i‘ascum- peque Bay : ”The echoes of the surges roar

About the bar by Alberton."

Alberton is quite an interesting village on the north side of the Island. Near to it is the Kildare River, and the pretty district of Mont- r0se. The harbor of Alberton is probably the most available place for shipping along the whole north shore. American vessels often take refugt here from heavy storms. A peculiarity of the St. Lawrence (lull side of the Island is the absence of good harbors, and the presence of long and narrow sand bars, or dunes, that lie about, a mile or less from the land towards the western end of the Island, and continue in an almost unbroken line for a distance of 25 miles or more to the east. The Indian name (‘ascumpem or ” Floating through Sand,” suffi- ciently describes the outer waters of many of the rivers that, empty on the northern side. These sand bars have narrow inlets in places through which small vessels may pass into the protected inner waters known as lagoons or narrows. The harbor at, Alberton has a con- venient, entrance. with a lighthouse; and vessels of average size may enter at any tide. The sand bars towards the *astern end of the Island are different in character. Instead of being in one long line with narrow breaks, they are found in completely detached sections, generally across the mouth of bay or river. and sometimes making out: from the side of a headland to the opposite sl'lore, and thus nearly closing the entrance.

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