66 TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES the harbour and its adjacent Bedford Basin afforded ample space for the rendezvous of numerous and ever-ready ships of war. The harbour and basin extend over 15 miles in from the sea. The largest ship can pretty closely hug the shore and the tide fluctuation is five or six feet. Away back in the days of the French regime, when Halifax was known by the Indian name of Chebucto, it was the rendezvous of a French fleet, that was to descend upon the England coast, an attempt which failed be¬ cause the full complement of ships, owing to the effects of a storm, was unable to reach port in fighting shape. Running out from the harbour northwesterly, is a three-mile arm of the sea, known as , start¬ ing from Point Pleasant and almost reaching Bedford Basin. A more attractive sheet of water has not been dis¬ covered for its natural beauty all along the shores, studded very generously by beautiful villas and cottages. The regattas each summer furnish unrivalled fairy scenes, when many hundreds of crafts from "canoes for two" to yachts of fine proportions, combine to make gala days, that are unsurpassed anywhere. On Dominion Day kind churchmen and citizens took us for a drive around Halifax , of which the scenery is unexcelled in the Maritime Provinces. Four of us had the pleasure of driving with Mr. W. R. Scriven , "Pop" as he is generally called, prominent citizen of Halifax , and who has a finger in every charitable pie. Mr. Scriven spared nothing to make our day in Halifax a memorable one, and even extended to us a warm welcome and hospitality in his home on . We had a splendid view from the Citadel looking southward. Below us lay the beautiful city; beyond, the harbour, with its shipping and green gem-like islands; the luxuriant pine forest near the pretty village of