Page:Tourist's Maritime Provinces.djvu/38

18 In the country, the hire of a horse and buggy costs $2 to $3 a day.

The province of Nova Scotia has but four tramway systems throughout its length of 370 miles. These operate as urban and inter-urban lines in Sydney (Cape Breton), in Pictou County (Westville, Stellarton and New Glasgow), in Halifax, and in Yarmouth. In these towns as in St. John, Moncton and St. Stephen, N. B., the car-fares approximate those in American cities.

Motor-ways.

A maze of good roads extends from Halifax to distant suburbs, and through many sections of the province, both north and south. There is not yet a motor highway from the capital to Yarmouth via the Annapolis Valley such as motorists might desire, but this is a blessing promised for the future. The road from Annapolis to Kedgemakoogee Lake (35 miles inland) is fair in summer, and the road Wolfville—Annapolis—Digby—Weymouth (Clare District of Acadians)—Yarmouth is excellent for most of its length (150 miles). About Yarmouth the highways are especially well made and maintained.

The country roads which follow the east coast, Yarmouth—Halifax, are more used to the wheels of the ox-cart than to the rubber shoes of the automobile, but are often much better than one would