-r THE GARDEN OF THE GULF. choice; and the settlement still delights in joining to start a young couple in their married life, to raise a barn 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 uof 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 feverish press of business, or the artificial but onerous demands of modern society. 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, use the waghon, 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 coming of the Indian Messiah. They are keen hunters, and faithful servitors for moderate pay, and a few days with one of them, among the trout, duck and plover, is generally a time to be long and pleasantly remembered.