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as much as possible. At Baltic, a number of peasants piled their belongings into a few boats and sailed for security to Tignish. It must have been a long, tire- some journey with their heavily loaded row-boats. How they must have explored every passing cove and wondered if it would be safe to land there and establish their homes once again. On, on they went . . to Tignish at the very top of the Island. Here the unbroken forest faced them once again. Heavy trees had to be felled and stumps uprooted before a home and fields for cultivation were ready for them.

In some districts the inhabitants got along very peaceably together; so much so indeed that one district was called “Harmony.” On the other hand, “Little Hell” or “Dromore,” as the district was afterwards called, speaks for itself! Its citizens were always at war with one another.

Names! Some are so expressive—Ingenuity Creek, Crooked River, Shipwreck Point, Traveller’s Rest. Others merely reflect the emigrant’s longing for home. How easy it is to imagine a clan of homesick Scots gathered together to choose a name for their little clearing. How like them to choose the name of the village from which they came and to which their thoughts constantly roamed so frequently. So Glen- corradale, Glenfinnan, and Glenaladale were recalled by these expatriates and transferred to a setting in the New World.

The Island abounds in Scottish names. There are Indian names, too—Bedeque, Cascumpeque, Mimine- gash, Miscouche. Mixed with these are the French ——Crapaud, Gaspereaux, Rustico, Naufrage The Irish could not resist adding a few names. The