CANADIAN HISTORY READERS
was, for many years, in the possession of
the Cunard family; at the foot they built
the wharf and warehiouse long known by
their name.
His father's education fras scanty, but
Samuel went to school, and proved an apt
scholar. He probably attended the Halifax.
Grammar School, of which Parson George
Wright was headmaster. Wright was mis-
sionary to the Germans, and rector of S;aint
George's Church in Brunswick Street,
about a stone's throw from the Cunard
house. In this church Samuel Cuinard's
family pew is still pointed out. Local tradi-
tion tells how little Sam drove the family
cow' to and from the pasture, knitting a sock
as he walked along, and how he would take
his basket after school and gather dande-
lions. These he would sell for what he
could get. With his gains he would attend
the nightly auctions, and bid in bargains,
to be sold later at a profit.
After leaving school, he obtained a post in
the Civil Branch of the Engineering Estab-