. Here and there in New England and Canada . urges outside, andforming a barrier which elTectually checks the landward advance of thesea-fogs. For days together, you may sit on the lofty verandas of theAlgonquin, and look across leagues of lilue water dancing in the sun- 144 , to tlie place whore the Bay-of-Fuiidy f(),ii-l)ank broods outsiiU-the ishxnds, unable to cross their high l)arrier. All this l)eautiful region is tilled with interesting historical associa-tions, from the far-remote dajS wlien the Huguenot colony sent out byHenry of Navarre settled on Neutral Island (in 1G04) to t
. Here and there in New England and Canada . urges outside, andforming a barrier which elTectually checks the landward advance of thesea-fogs. For days together, you may sit on the lofty verandas of theAlgonquin, and look across leagues of lilue water dancing in the sun- 144 , to tlie place whore the Bay-of-Fuiidy f(),ii-l)ank broods outsiiU-the ishxnds, unable to cross their high l)arrier. All this l)eautiful region is tilled with interesting historical associa-tions, from the far-remote dajS wlien the Huguenot colony sent out byHenry of Navarre settled on Neutral Island (in 1G04) to the moderngarrisoning of the frontier by the flower of the British army in 1862,and the later days of the Fenian excitement, when Gen. Meade heldICastport with United-States regulars, and the redcoats swarmed in thestreets of St. Andrews and St. Stephen. Back among the hills, in the lonely inland waters towards LakeUtopia and Chamcook Lake, there is famous fishing; and from thehigh summit of Chamcook Mountain you may overlook the wide Passa-. BREWS maquoddy country, and the St. Croix Valley, and the dim blue coast-line of Nova Scotia. St. Andrews may l)e reached l\v railroad from Boston by Bortland,Bangor, and McAdam Junction; or by steamljoat from Portland viaEastport and Calais. Farther down the bay are the quaint old American ports of East-port and Lubec. each with considerable accommodations and attrac-tions for summer-visitors. Eastport is a village of three thousandand se\-en liundrcd inhabitants, on Moose Island, from whose highestpoint tlie aljandoned ramparts of Fort Sullivan look down on the of a century ago, a British fleet of ten battle-shipssailed into the little haxbor, and compelled the garrison to surrender. 145 after Avliich tlie flag of England floated over the village for severalyears. A road runs from Eastport to the mainland, and bends aroundtlie l)a)f to tlie Indian town on Pleasant Point, inliabited by severalhundred easy-going aborigine
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