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30 line and the line to Sydney, and a town of consequence, could scarcely have less desirable accommodation than that provided by the two hotels known as "the best."

The "Royal George" at Antigonish, a small Nova Scotia town on the rail and motor highway to Sydney, is a hotel worthy of a larger and more appreciative community. The owner has installed a dozen private baths, provided good beds, telephones and modern plumbing in every chamber and furnished his wide porches with awnings and lazy chairs. Mr. Broadfoot's 400-acre farm, to which guests drive for buttermilk and berries, supplies rich Nova Scotia produce to the hotel table. A hotel such as this is an aid to tourism. In its own district it is doing pioneer work.

A chain of summer hotels is mooted which will include new houses at Whycocomagh, Baddeck, St. Peter's and other scenic resorts on the Island of Cape Breton. At the present time, the New Bras d'Or, Baddeck, where mine host Anderson presides, is the largest hotel on this inland arm of the sea, the Arm of Gold, whose increasing renown among travellers is still far from commensurate with its deserts.

Sydney has a hotel or two adequate for tourist needs. Aside from its two best-known houses, Halifax has several smaller hotels within the city limits and in the adjacent suburbs. It seems to be the opinion of travellers that the old Halifax is