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Mr. R. Manser, of Toronto, expressed the thanks of our party to the citizens of Yarmouth for their unbounded hospitality.

Having left Yarmouth at 11.00 pm. Tuesday, July 2nd, we arrived in Annapolis Royal next morning at 6.00 o’clock.

Of all the historic sites onthe North American con- tinent, that of Fort Anne in Annapolis Royal is undoubt— edly one of the most notable. It was founded by Sieur de Monts in 1604, his expedition having been sanctioned by Henry IV of France. The French built their first fort on the opposite side of the main river in Lower Granville. The site is now marked with a cairn erected by the Can— adian National Parks Branch, Department of the Interior. It is about seven miles from Annapolis Royal.

From the time of its founding until 1710, when it passed into the hands of the British, it experienced a chequered career. Six times it changed hands between the French and the English, before General Francis Nicholson’s forces from New England finally took possession. Since then it has remained under British rule. Nicholson’s first act was to change the name “Port Royal” t0 “Annapolis Royal” in honour of the then reigning sovereign, Queen Anne.

Annapolis Royal is situated at the entrance to the An- napolis Valley amid scenes of the greatest natural beauty, which, united with its historic interest, make it exceed- ingly attractive to tourists. It was here that Canada’s first grist mill was built, the first ships were constructed, and the first Indian chief, Memberton, was converted to Chris— tianity. Here the jolly Frenchmen spent a happy winter in 1606-7, when under the leadership of Marc Lescarbot a Paris lawyer, “The Order of Good Cheer,” instituted by Champlain, flourished. Fresh game and fish defeated scurvy, the dread enemy, while spirits were kept high by