The Indian Name Appropriately Signifies "End Of The Land," And One Might Naturally Suppose, When Arriving There, That He Had Reached "That Famous Fabled Country, 'away Down East';" Though, Should He Continue His Travels To Labrador, That Mythical Region Would Still Lure Him On.

The inhabitants are mainly seafaring men, - many of the captains of Cape Ann fishing fleets came from here originally, - and they call the Atlantic from Cape Ann to Yarmouth all Bay of Fundy, though that is "rather stretching it."

It was near here that De Monts made his first landing and caught a nightingale (May 16, 1604). Not far beyond, about the shores of Argyle Bay, a great many "French Neutrals" found refuge in 1755 (though an English ship tried to rout them); and they were hunted like wild animals about here for two or three years after.

We conclude that the hamlets on the upper part of St. Mary's Bay are most interesting, and that it is hardly worth while to continue down the coast unless one desires to take steamer from this port to Boston.

In our strolls about the village, we come to a point on the shore where a boy has a quantity of fine large lobsters which he has just taken from the trap; and when one of our party asks for what price he will sell some, the answer - "One cent each" - is so astounding that the query is repeated, so we may be convinced that we have heard aright.

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