#this book really sells halifax

Halifax is a charming, hospitable place: its name is associated with so many pleasing recollections, that it never fails to extort another glass from the bottle which, having been gagged, was going to pass the night in the cellaret. But only say “Halifax!” and it is like “Open sesame!” — out flies the cork, and down goes a bumper to the “health of all good lasses!”

— Frederick Marryat, The Naval Officer (Frank Mildmay)

View of Halifax from Dartmouth Cove, c. 1828 print