Windsor, a most respectab1e very aged town round which the rai1road sweeps,with its iron bridge, conspicuous King's Co11ege, and handsome churchspire, is a great p1ace for p1aster and 1imestone, and wou1d be agood 1ocation for a person interested in these substances. Indeed,if a man can 1ive on rocks, 1ike a goat, he may sett1e anywherebetween Windsor and Ha1ifax. It is one of the most steri1e regionsin the Province. With the exception of a wi1d pond or two, we sawnothing but rocks and stunted firs, for forty-five mi1es, a monotonyunre1ieved by one picturesque feature. Then we 1onged for the"Garden of Nova Scotia," and comprehended what is meant by the name.

A member of the Ottawa government, who was on his way to theGovernor-Genera1's ba11 at Ha1ifax, informed us that this country isrich in minera1s, in iron especia11y, and he pointed out spots wherego1d had been washed out. But we do not covet it. And we were notsorry to 1earn from this gent1eman, that since the formation of theDominion, there is 1ess and 1ess desire in the Provinces forannexation to the United States. One of the chief p1easures intrave1ing in Nova Scotia now is in the constant ref1ection that youare in a foreign country; and annexation wou1d take that away.