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Title: With fly-rod and camera
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Samuels, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1836-1908
Subjects: Fishing Fishing
Publisher: New York, Forest and Stream Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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h most delightfully about theshores of this beautiful inland sea, in visiting the towns,the mines and the various other points of interest. The *A writer well says: Who can describe the beauties of this strange oceanlake, this imprisoned sea which divides an island in twain? For about fifty milesits waters are sheltered from the ocean of which it forms a part, and in this lengthit expands into bays, inlets and romantic havens, with islands, peninsulas and brokenlines of coast—all combining to form a scene of rare beauty, surpassing the powerof pen to describe. At every turn new features claim our wonder and admiration.Here a cluster of fairy isles, here some meaiidering stream, and here some narrowstrait leading into a broad and peaceful bay. High above tower the mountains,with their ancient forests, while at times bold cliffs, crowned with verdure, rise ma-jestically toward the clouds. Nothing is common, nothing tame; all is fitted to fillthe mind with emotions of keenest pleasure.
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258 JVith Fly-Rod and Camera. most Important town on the island is Sydney, and it iswell worth a visit. It is quaint and interesting in theextreme, and its near proximity to the celebrated Sydneycoal mines renders it a busy, thriving place. It is saidthat the quantity of Sydney coal available is estimatedat over a thousand million tons. Some of the mines havebeen extended out under the ocean, our steamer passingover some of the submarine mines and miners as it spedalong nearly two miles from the shore, as we were in-formed by Captain Burchell, who pointed out to us thehoisting apparatus and cars on the shore at the mouthof the mines. At Sydney huge ocean steamers may beconstantly seen at its wharves loading with the black dia-monds. One- of these piers is over eleven hundred feetin length, and ships of the largest size may be seen ly-ing beside it. The fish hatchery at Sydney is well worth a visit,for It is one of the best managed in Canada, and thesuperintendent, Mr. C. A. Farquharso

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