A Cape Breton Road 
     
    
   
   
    
     these days of coal at seven dollars a ton it seems strange to read that 
     
     at the time of the inglorious Quebec Expedition under Admiral 
     
     Walker, coal in quantities was taken from the Sydney Cliffs with 
     
     iron crow-bars. 
     
    

    
     The Marconi ” \Virel ess" Station at Table Head, (ilace Bay, 
     
     with its four towers, is sure to be an object of interest to all u ho go 
     
     near this part of the coast. 
     
    

    
     That giant fish the Albacore, or leaping-tuna, weighing from 
     
     500 to 800 pounds and over, is caught along the North Atlantic, 
     
     coast in certain favored spots. At Lockeport and other places on 
     
     the South Shore of Nova Scotia they are caught in great trap nets. 
     
     They are also caught off the Cape Breton coast; and as the honor 
     
     of catching the first of these monstrous fish with rod and line not 
     
     far from Sydney fell to the well-known sportsman, Mr. Ross. of 
     
     Montreal, a description from Patillo of a hand—line expedition for 
     
     albacore is here given. 
     
    

    
     ” Stout cod—lines were used, 32 fathoms long. The hook was 
     
     of steel, three-eighths of an inch thick. It was eight inches wide, 
     
    
   
   
    
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