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choice, and the settlement still delights in joining to start a young couple in their married life, to raise a ham or house, and to take their pay in an

hour or two of dancing to a simple fiddle, and a supper of bread, tea, potatoes and meat, Or fish.

The old men still have their tales of the dreaded “Loup-garou in the for— est,” and “of the White Letiche, the ghost of a babe which, unchristened,”

wanders wailing in the forest—bordered valleys, or haunts the chambers

of happier liVing children. Peaceful, economical, industrious, in a way

belonging to a past age, these Acadians are a peculiar people, full of

interest to every traveller fresh from the feveiish press of business, or the artificial lbut onerous demands of modern society.

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A remnant of the once powerful Micmac- tribe of Indians, some three hundred in number, still haunt the northern harbors, and to some extent retain the garb and habits of their"Warlike ancestors Many of the men still wear the moccasin, us e the wag/1072, or Indian knife, prefer the quetan, or bark canoe to the white man ’s boat, and love to talk among themselves of the great days of the past, and the comingof the Indian Messiah. They are keen hunters, and faithful servitors for moderate pay, and a few days with one of t,hem among the trout, duck and plover is gent erally a time to be long and pleasantly remembered.

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