Ruins of Fort Louisbourg

winter ice, and is a fairly busy little shipping port. The site of the old fortress is at Point Rochefort a few miles distant from the railway station; but from first leaving the train, evidences of Louisbourg's former greatness may be seen, and relics are in many of the 'houses in the Village. Cannon balls are still found in the surrounding fields, and many of the houses contain stone from the demolished walls of the fortress. The situations of the bastions may still be traced, and some of the casemates used for sheltering the women and children from gun fire during the attacks are now used as shelters by flocks of sheep. That women can rise to any height when emergency demands, is shown by the incident remembered of Madame de Dru- eour, wife of the French Governor in the second siege, who with her own hands fed the cannon with powder and balls.

N0 systematic exploration of — 7' the ruins has yet been attempted.

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