“Yes, it is; you go down the valley, so you do, an the other way you have to go up.”
“Pooh! nonsense! The Annapolis valley isn’t a hill. The fact is, from here to St. John it’s easier to go by the way of Windsor.”
“It’s further thin—.”
“Yes,” said Phil, “it’s a hundred and fifty miles by the way of Windsor, and only a hundred and forty-seven by the way of Annapolis.”
“For my part,” said Bart, “I don’t fancy either way. What’s the use of talking about a hundred and fifty miles, when you need only go half that distance?”
“Half that distance? How?”
“Why, across the bay.”
“Across the bay? O! Why, that completely alters the case,” said Bruce.
“Of course.”
“Sure, but how can we go on fut across the bay? or by stage?” objected Pat.