392 CAPE BRETON . of Doctor Johnson when surveying the ruins of Iona. We observe in the desolation which destiny entailed on the splendid cities of the ancient world. All is silent, excepting the reverbe- j ration of the sea, as the waves roll in along the beach, or the bleating of the scattered sheep, as they gather towards their resting abodes, when the solitude of evening approaches. A few huts, the habitations of poor unambitious fishermen, form only a melancholy contrast to the superb edifices, scientific fortifications, naval gran¬ deur, military pomp, and commercial activity of which was once the splendid theatre. From to Peter's, the coast of Capa Breton is naked and rocky, and the soil only in a few places fit for cultivation, until we arrive at , where the country assumes a more fertile appear¬ ance. , at which there are a few fami¬ lies of American loyalists, subsisting by fishing, and cultivating some small spots of ground, and three other small harbours, where a few fishermen reside, are the only settlements that intervene. At and Grand River , the inhabitants are Scottish emigrants. Settlements are also forming on the fertile lands around the lakes that discharge into Grand River . There is at Ardoise, between and Peter's, a settlement of Acadian French, who follow the cod and herring fisheries. Peter's Bay, and the whole course of Lennox passage to the Gut of Canseau, exhibits broken indented shores, innumerable coves, harbours, and