62 TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES

residents in the rural districts of this county speak Gaelic today; in fact they cannot speak English.

Our hosts in New Glasgow took us out motoring to see

the beauties of Pictou County, of which they may be justly proud. _ - We drove to Stellarton, which has one of the oldest coal mines in North America. We saw the Miners’ settle- ment. The miners here were originally of English and Scotch descent, but now they are mostly Belgians.

Arriving at “Green Hill,” the observatory of Pictou County, we had a view of the country below and beyond, which we shall never forget. The entire horizon from this height is filled with beautiful landscape, and from the homes of the fine farms in the valley, have come men prom- inent in church and state. From “Green Hill” we saw Pictou harbour, and across Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island. Many considered this the finest view, thus far, on the trip.

It was a delight to see the old stone homes of the Scotch pioneers in Pictou County. Driving through Durham, we saw the site of the first Presbyterian Collegein Canada. Then we drove through Pictou, a very old town, founded in 1767. With its old stone houses and church spires, its winding streets and avenues running up the face of a steep hill from the water front, it retains its old-world atmos- phere. The people are almost entirely descended from the early Scotch settlers.

We admired the haWthorn hedges and peonies of Pic- tou. We were privileged to visit Pictou Academy, which goes far to explain why so many leaders have come from that county.

After leaving New Glasgow at noon, we had dinner on the train, and arrived in Truro at 6.35 pm. Saturday, June 29th. Truro, the hub of Nova Scotia is a modern town of