52 TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES The farmers in this locality are well-to-do, having made their money principally out of marsh hay. They grow oats and barley on the marsh lands as well, these crops some¬ times measuring six feet or more in height. The farmers do not go in much for dairying. Instead they raise beef cattle, and on some farms as many as 500 to 600 turkeys. In this section we saw numerous lakes, and drove past a muskrat farm. On arrival at Beausejour, Dr. George J . Trueman, Pres¬ ident of Mount Allison University, addressed us on the history of the old fort. When in 1750 Marquis de la Jon- quiere, Governor of Canada heard that the English had begun to build a fort at Beaubassin, he ordered one to be built on the ridge of Beausejour, overlooking Chignecto Bay. was built in 1750 and 1751. It was taken in 1754 by Lieut.- Col. Robert Monckton , with volun¬ teers from England , raised by Col. John Winslow . It was renamed by Monckton . We saw the pyramid of stone erected at Beausejour in memory of the English. The view which we had from the fort was not only extensive and beautiful, but economically interesting. In front the Cumberland Basin with its margin of lowlands and wooded heights, stretches as far as the eye can reach; on either hand the wide alluvial flats and marshes, with the tiny silvery streams flowing through them; and be¬ yond these marshes which fill the valleys, the rich high lands, apparently closing around them in the distance, like a vast amphitheatre; while scattered farm houses, long settlements, compact towns and villages and grazing cattle throw an air of life and industry over the whole. The day having been clear, we were fortunate in seeing from this elevation, Amherst, N.S. , and looking across Northumberland Strait , saw Prince Edward Island .