On summer nights the steadfast stars 
     
    

    
     Swing from the masts of shadow ships 
     
     That lie within the harbor bars 
     
    

    
     Where the long sea-roll curls and dips; 
     
     And still there comes in divers keys 
     
    

    
     Down drifting from those beacon lights 
     
     The spectral wash of far-off seas 
     
    

    
     On summer nights.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Antigonish is an important centre for stage coach and other 
     
     drives to many places of great interest. The route to Lochaber, 
     
     College Lake and Sherbrooke leads past the Antigonish Mountains to 
     
     the St. Mary’s River and Atlantic Ocean on the south, and is full of 
     
     variety. There are drives to Morristown and Georgeville, and to 
     
     Malignant Cove by a delightful road through the hills. It was here 
     
     that the British frigate Jll‘alignanl took the shore in a heavy gale. 
     
     Near here is the Scottish settlement of Arisaig, which has a romantic 
     
     situation and a little shelter-harbor. 
     
    
   
   
    
     At Heatherton Station a stage may be taken for Guysboro at 
     
     the head of Chedabucto Bay. It is a most interesting drive. Be- 
     
     yond Heatherton lies Tracadie, a quaint French district where there 
     
     is a Trappist Monastery, the Belgian Monks of which make excellent 
     
     farmers. Both in Tracadie and Harbor au Bouche a quaint old-time 
     
     life is lived, and the places are well worth a visit. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Proceeding now to the most easterly railroad point in penin- 
     
     sular Nova Scotia, the village of Mulgrave is reached. Mulgrave is 
     
     on the Strait of Canso, the much-travelled marine highway from 
     
     the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and by the use of 
     
     which the long voyage around the Island of Cape Breton is rendered 
     
     unnecessary. It has been termed 
     
     the ”Golden Gate of the St. 
     
     Lawrence,” and without doubt 
     
     is a most picturesque waterway. 
     
     Thousands of vessels pass through 
     
     here every year, and at almost 
     
     any hour of the day the sight is 
     
     a pleasant one and full of variety. 
     
     Bold and plentifully wooded hills 
     
     flank the splendid waterway for a 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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