404 CAPE BRETON . sublime character, which exhibits the sombre gloom of pine forests, the luxuriant verdure of broad val¬ leys and wooded mountains, and the wild features of lofty promontories frowning in stubborn ruggedness over the waters of the rivers and inlets. Innumerable, but generally very small lakes, and a multiplicity of streams of fresh water, are met with in the interior, but chiefly in the southern divisions of the island. Marguerite, or Ainslie Lake, is the largest sheet of fresh water in . It is only, however, about twelve miles long, and from three to four in breadth. The lands surrounding it indicate fertility; and their cultivation by Scotch Highlanders has lately com¬ menced. A stream runs from it, which forms Mar¬ guerite River. The roads of are still few in number, and in bad condition. Roads lead from Sydney to Lingan, , , Manadon, , the Coal Mines, Boulardrie Ferry, , and Peter's ; from Great Bras d'Or, again, to Ann's, Bedeque , and from thence to Marguerite. Arichat communicates by the ferry across , and by roads, with Peter's and Sydney, with the Bras d'Or, River Inhabitants, and the Gut of Canseau,from which there is a road along the Gulf coast as far as Cheticamp . Broad Cove communicates with by a road; and roads lead between Port Hood and Whycocomah and River Denys. Most of these roads are little better than paths,