I read each misty mountain sign, 
     
     I know the voice of wave and pine, 
     
     And I am yours, and ye are mine. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Life's burdens fall, its discords cease, 
     
     I lapse into the glad release 
     
     Of nature’s own exceeding peace.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     A favorite drive is that from Baddeck t0 the upper waters of 
     
     the Baddeck River, and also by way of St. Ann’s to the North River. 
     
     It was at St. Ann's that Nicholas Denys had one of his fortified posts 
     
     in early days. The river scenery is everywhere charming, with 
     
     pretty brooks, green woodland, banks of ferns, and clustering patches 
     
     of wildflowers. At St. Ann's and North River the water views are 
     
     very choice, and the drive is a constant succession of delights. There 
     
     is a grand side to the scenery of this district, for the mighty bills have 
     
     been riven asunder in many places, and romantic gorges are seen 
     
     from numerous places on the way. Indian Brook, with precipitous 
     
     banks, and rocky waterfall, is a delightful scene. 
     
    

    
     The little places on the coast road to Ingonish are far remote 
     
     from travel routes, and they are full of interest. The scenes are 
     
     extremely bold and striking, and by some are thought to resemble 
     
     the features of Norway. Cap Enfumé, commonly called ” Old 
     
     Smoky” on account of its almost perpetual cap of mist, is a bold 
     
     object in the View, for it towers up almost perpendicularly for some 
     
     twelve hundred feet. This cape has been termed one of the eastern 
     
     bulwarks of North America, where the mighty deep lashed into fury 
     
    

    
     by the eastern tempests, thunders in vain against this eternal rampart. 
     
     i One of the finest panoramic views, and innumerable others 
     
     at close range. may be seen at and around Ingonish. Mountains, 
     
     islands, beautiful bays, nestling Villages and 
     
     glorious air are here. Walks and excursions 
     
     on foot and by boat may be had in many direc— 
     
     tions, and the beauties of the place need fear 
     
     comparison with no other district. The descent 
     
     on the other side is believed to be one of the 
     
     sights of the Maritime Provinces. The village 
     
     on the broad beach, the three harbors of In— 
     
     gonish, the picturesque lighthouse, beautiful 
     
     Ingonish Island, with its Sentinel Rock, and 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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