I IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ^ m:^ /a 1.0 I.I 1.25 ^ Ilia |M 2.2 1.4 IM 1.6 ^- Photographic Sciences Corporation 4 V ^ m :\ \ ^ ^ % ' 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (7i6) 872-4503 ^^ -..'• :a n 10 ;. 0}^ CAl'I-; SI'LIT, IKOM UAXTKlrs HARBOUR. THE EASTERNMOST RIDGE OF THE CONTINENT HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF THE SCENERY AND LIFE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NOVA SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, AND ALONG THE LOWER ST. LAWRENCE AND SAGUENAY KDriKi) HY GEORGE MUNRO GRANT, D. D. gur.i-N's i;nivi;i(sitv, kincsti ILLUSTRATED BY WGOD-ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY L. R. O'BRIEN, F. B. SCHELL. HARRY FENN, A. B. FROST, W. C. FITLER, AND OTHERS t CHICAGO ALEXANDER BELFORD & CO. 1899 Col-VHIlilli-, iS,^, liv .\LE.\ANU1:r IlKLKORI) i CO. \^^'^3 I C O N r H N T S NKVV HkUNSSWlCK NOVA scon A I'RINCE KUWAKl) IHI.ANIl lly I Has. (,. I). KOHKR IS, M. A. Ily KIIW U, MIKKAV ..ml MRS. A. SIMPSON lU KKV. k. MURRAY THK LOWKR ST. l.AWRKNCK AND THK SACUKNAV Ity J. (I, A. crkk;mton, h.a. I UMHKRINd lly I'KlNCll'Al. (IKANT ^m.l A, ILEMlNc; HACK 9 •^7 Ml In wi te ri( te la! ov ST. JOHN, I'ROM HOklLANI). NEW BF(UNSWICK*. q^HIS is the province of ships, if xvo may tnust tin. device o„ her scutcheon. She is also the province of pine-trees, of sahnon, „f ,i,,ais, and of hemlock-bark In anticipation, moreover, she is a province of mines, and would fain supply her sisters with .ron. and antimony, and silver; she would show them new possibilities in archi- tecture with her princelv red granite. By „o means poor ,n natural resources, her r.ches are only to be gathered by that strenuous effort which breeds a sturdy and de- termmed ruce. And her growth, if slow, has been steady and sure, made up of lasti.ig bone and sinew. A glance at the history ol New Brunswick as a separate province will take us over no long "Chronicles of wasted time"; but, as a part of ancient Acadie. some of lO THh '■ /i-lSTJi/^NMOST KHU;/- l'AHHAM,\(,il(ih|)v H^y 't ^'"'■■'^ ^" ''^''^^' ""• '•■'> "f France were ^-" tlu. .cy .aters of Bel,.-,s L ^ ^ ^;" "^7^^ '"■ "'••"' ''--a-o.-. Co.in, 'and. h. round tlu-s. coasts. .,„ ^^ '"''"•""^ ^""'■- "^ ^^^--^ ^--^ Hpenin, i„ .,, ,,„„^ ^J^^ 7";7" ^"--. '""--in, ...aUows. and wild spacious hay. iu,.lf one mn,.ni,icc„t harl "' I' '""' '""' "^ "'"''""""^•"t- To a -obstrncted ,.■ ...-k o. s'ho-d ,, . ', '" '^■^'^' •^''■'■^ '''''"'^ f'-" ■^•-- ^^ shore anchor therein on a burnin. n^ontid'"!!" "T"' " '" '''"'"""'" ''^^'"^ ^"^^ ^° "^ Canie.s was only a llv-,, vi^ i/ ^ . "" -.e te.pe.d ,,, „,,, ,„^ ^„^^ ;.-vc no further attention. ' ' ' " '^'^' ^'"^' '^' "'*-' f»t.,ro N.hv Hrunswick he From the north-east corner of fl„ ". ™-^y and fa,-,,.„, be,an , , "T" '" ,'"" '■"'■'■'"" ""'""■"■'■»" '"" "'-■ ^- -'-^ ..->• ..' '.■'v.n.,..,:': \ ■„:: '3-7-;' ,'■'; ^-^-^--y ».-'h a mcuh of a Krcat river, called b, ,,,e „ ,■ r. •■ '"" ''°''' '""•'• '"^' ™'"'"1 ■!'« ■■" honcr „, U,e day „, i./.V'", '7 °"»*'"''>'- "-"'« "-"...ned ,l,i, „a.er -- ... .„„d . ... ..,.,. *nd;r Sa;:;;:t:r::r:;:r ^ OF riih: cox77Xj-:\T II another broad stream ly open befort; tlicm, up which they sailed several miles till they came to a level, srrassy islaml in mid-river; and this, strange to say, they chose for the site of tiieir settlement. Hoth river and island they called St. Croix, and here the little colon)' established itself. Without fire-wood or water, the island to this day is as desolate as De Monts and his company found it. With its loose, sandy soil, the scant grass waving m llie winds which swc-pl its shelterless expanse, it was hardly a tempting place to found a home. Hiii the explorers considered that it was easy of access by water, capable of tlefense, and well removed from the surrounding mainland, whose heavy forests were fidl of unknown dang(,'rs. The remaining months of summer were bright with activity and hojjc. .\ quadrangle of wooden buildings was erected, with a chapel, and the (iovernor's residence. In spite of the lateness of the season, grain and vegetables were planted ; and a garden was laid out. after the fashion, faint- ly, ol those old gardens in France, for which, it may b(\ the colonists were now a little homesick. But in the b' days of late autumn their situation was dreary enough : and because their crops had failed to rip(Mi. they were compelled to live mainly on salt meats, a diet which sjieedily affected their health and spirits. At last winter came, and the snow, and ihe freezing winds ; such cold as in their own land they had never learned to dream of. The sleet drove in through the cliinks of their ill-made buildings. buel was hardl>- to be obtained, and th.e\ shivered over their j-iit{jiiiifi;'iiifCHiri'iiii .d..<^mc\:p\ Ir,: ST. tOHN— B.\CK OV HARHOUR, I.OW TmK. 13 THE EASTERNMOST RWGE scanty fires till Person,, bu, r„„,.f„„ „,„^„„, ^„| _ J - easy p.ey. 0„. „, 30^^ e,y„, •hey crawled f„„l, ,„ „„ ,„„ ,.,^ '"^'y- When ,„e fi„, „„„ j ^y;n. .intae.,, .„, „„ ,,,., ,„,^;''°" ^ "'ely c„„,d ,„e ... be .tended, ■„. ^■nppcd of all .ha, could U- carried a„ay L f„ ,7'"" "" "'""'' "" "''''"'''""ed. ™-«n. or ,l,c colon,, fcd over ,l,e I , . ' T l "T"' "■™°""^''- -" "- Poor "M " '5 a fair and well.favonred corner of N ' „ ;=""""' -'"e-n. in ,„e <,a,.,, lo„j, ,^, Z.l ''"'/■■''"-■*• ■»is. where .ha. a,. from ,he island „„„ „a„d, s, Andrefl •■'"™"^ °" ™''' No. a mile -1 also one of .he faire... ,^tll "" *=" °' ^'"' "™-» .own -el. of ,he ,r,de .ha. formerly I ! /'"""P;'-^' ""' «.. John has drawn off w-a. remained has n,„„.l „p river 1 '"-"V" "■ ^"''^ ""•'""• »"" -'h „, ore S.. Andrews is now more dignified .an ,1/'^ "'" "' ''' """'"^ ^here- her chief ..eas.,re lies in .he hea ,y of , ^ 1 ':°"' ' =™™-»' P»"" »' view, and «-en >va.ers. .he nnfailing coolness of h ZZ ' """'' "" """'>■ °' "=' e.ear, -er. all which ar.rac.ions combined make I," a ""d' 7, *"*""" •"">•' ■" »- « .i.e word .ha. con.es .0 onr .ho.,,h.s wh „ .7 t'"'""" "--'■"M.ace. Peace 'l-°"S'.. is of sunshine. How .em„L„ .T b.i '" "'""'°™'l' ='"<' "« -« Siopin, down .0 .he crys.al lip „, "'.J ^-^■- "e 'he Ion,. „„„„, ,„„^ ,^^^„ Andrews, and i. is done hearrily. hy h oy „ '," "' """ """^ '» "» '" St. elderly women and children. The waves 7 IT '"""' """ ""'' ■""*"=■ and "P .he sands, and .hey do „„. ij," ^ ^l;: ;:'-"^;'' "<>' a» .hey come lappin, '" ""Hud^men,. .hose choose .he hce, par. wlo ' '' "" ">' "'''' '" '""■ "nd. couched in .he sand, wa.ehin.. wi.h col. 1 '. '"""'''"' '" '"= -rm grass or -ellers. The o.her .hi„,s°which T:t.Z77"°"\ ''" ""^' " «-"'"'-' Per»nas,on. are .0 go yach.in,. on .he bay and V ' '' "'" '" "'""'« "-h qnes.i„„able deligh. is lobs.er-.,peari„„ ,„icr h """' . "^ '"°""'""- ^ more »"h .he yach.i„. ,„ ,„e cool of ".he m „i T' '""""'" '"' "-^'-ion e«i.eme„. i„ being rowed s.eal.hily „e. 7 t ""^ "" "* '""- "-re is some ■n hand, peers sharply i„,„ „, JZsT, '"""' """■ """■'■= ^'h one, .spear ■evei bo..om a. a dep.l, of some rir i. T: T" I"'' '"^ « -'hor on '.he •he bo.,le-green prey we are in sea ch „ , ''"" """^"^ -' "eed Inrl.s »io..r. b„. berrayed by his red pi. . Ko t^ LTr""'' '" '"'™""^'"^' '" h.ghes. p„ch af.e, „ ,,,, ^,.^^ ™°' »'don, .he exc.emen. reaches i.s hoa., and have se, abon. an inves " „ " :" '""^'^' ^^ ""-d loose in .he •"P .0 Monn. Chamcooh a day is ch'osen wl''! TLrrr' b"""^^' ''°' ^^ ^ rests on the bay, as far out .^ cheerfulness. '" a terrible some eight) " days came attended, the abandoned, id the poor 'ouse keeper ere that at- Not a mile vick towns, drawn off d much of s- There- ' view, and 'ler clear, s of sum- s' Peace I our next ' beaches, do in St. Jens, and - 'apping act, and, grass or gasping ut much A more bination is some ?, spear on the i lurks ngs in les its in the or the out .\S OF THE CONTINENT 13 the eye can see, and when a propitious wind promises to hold this enemy aloof. .After a drive through lovely country comes a not too arduous climb through deep clover and daisied grasses, under the shade of birche.s, and limes, and beech-trees, and white maples ; then a short and sharp ascent over grey rocks, that keep liberal beds of scented fern in every ragged hollow, and we come out on the bald, windy summit of the mountain. Chamcook looks down upon all the neighbouring hills, whicli, to say the truth, are not very aspiring; and the view is really a magnificent one. Out across the water, which is populous with white-sailed ships, we see the dark iskud-duster of '•The Wolves"; and beyond, if the air is very clear, we discern a low, blue line, and hail it as the Nova Scotia shore. At our feet, in the noon quiet, lies the fair little town, wrapped in happy and, perhaps, not impossiijje dreams of a splendid future, which is to come with the building of a railroad from Old Canada to a terminus on St. Andrews Harbour. In another direction we follow the St. Croix, which widens into a suggestion of a lake, and contracts again before it reaches St. Stephens, where its waters become accessory to many a frolicsome and profitable evasion of the disagree- able myrmidons of the customs. When one has drunk deep enough of St. Andrews restfulness, and turns his face and his desires towards St. John, the most pleasant and least orthodox way of going thither is to persuade some tug-boat captain to accept a passenger. Thus one cheats the railway, which is more safe tiian swift, or the regular steamer, whicii is tiresomely conventional, and quite without peculiarities, agreeable or otherwise. But before ship- ping as a tug-passenger, it is well not to omit a yacht-sail to the Island of Campobello, which lies far down the bay, near the American shore and the town of Lubec. This island, some eight miles long, and nowhere more than two in breadth, has become a popular summer resort, and the site of the modern architectural pomp of the summer- resort hotel. Nevertheless, the island is a delightful spot, and struggles to maintain its beauty and simplicity and wholesomeness of life. It has the attraction of being an island without the discomfort of inaccessibility. Its beaches are superb, its retreats are secluded and romaiaic, its nights and days are temperate and benign. In the way of assertive scenery its " lion " is the bluff called " Friar's Head." In selecting a tug, or getting a tug to select us, we were fortunate enough to find our lot cast with one which called at St. George on its way to St. John. The nomencla- ture of this part of the country, by the way, is rigidly saintly, the causes whereof tradition fails to state. While the tug was kept in uneasy repression beside the wharf at St. George there was time to see the pretty town, which has in part transferred its faith from lumber to red granite. A wonderfully picturesque nook is this. The Magagua- davic River (pronounced " Magadavy ") falls a hundred feet into the harbour through a chasm not thirty feet wide; on the sides of the gorge are fixed, like eyries, several powerful saw-mills, from v i:ch the lumber is sluiced into the whirling basin below. If. Hi I M r///: /:.ISV7;RX.U0ST R/fH^F. ' MT CMAMCOOK. 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(- .,n. .,„ >l„. .b,W„« »„rfaco and .,„,,„,„„abl= eidcs a OF 77//: (OVZ/X/^X /• 15 of Fundy, but to-day a li-lit lan.l-l.rccze holds it at a distance, and shows th<. whoic city I.iled most picturesquely l.cforc us. Huilt on a sf-e,. an,l rock\- p.^ninsula, with lofti.r heiglits behind as a settin- cn.uned will, uiany spires, and opened up by ohrnpses nl wide, steep, busy streets, it comes tonelher with admirable effect ^- as the artist say^ ■•composes" excellently. .St. J„hn contains n., white buildin,i.rs. All is orayston.. red-JMick, or brown-painted wood. ---this brown a local an,l characteristic tiiU, not In any way to l)e departed from. 'I'his colourin- under a i,road sun and dear sky. i^ rich and solid ; but when the fo- roils in on th<. cit) . and hanys for days toj^eth.r. the jrloom becomes profotmd. Nor is it uiade the less dismal by the n.currenc; at intervals of a low, sepulchral, booming sound, from nowhere in particular, which comes strugglincr through the fog as if from a damp throat. The inhabitants, however, hav.. no grudge against their fog, which in all probability is responsible for the peach-bloom complexions with which the city's daughters are so daintily endowed. If this be the case, even we can forgive the fog ; nevertheless slicIi a da)- as this, when sight-seeing is our object, it is not to be lightly valued. As we steam up the busy harbour the scene is very lively. Large and small craft are everywhere. ,,t anchor imder ban- poles, flifting across our way under white or ocher-coloured canvas, or lying three and four deep along the wharves. Yachts are careening before the racing breeze, broad-bowed stub-nosed wood-boats ])lough their way unbending, tireless little red and white tugs rush hither and thither, a huge black scow on each arm, as it were, and at the head of the harbour, where shrill .saw- mills occupy all the available ground by the water's cd\re. the lofty shores curve round to the Carleton side, enclo.s- ing the forest of masts and yards. There, too, under the guns of Fort Howe, lies the C/uirybdis at anchor. Since the inestimable boon of her presence has been confert WHAKF \\ sr. .\.\'i)Ki;ws. -(Ml U sleep unharassed by distpiietude. They rise pon .St. the citizens HI the morning and look out with con- r6 Tllli /■..isriiRXMosT RIDGE ficlent pride to the spot where our vo.n,. navy rides .t n„ I authority that St. Join, r .nks llfth ' ^ ' ^* " '"'^ °" g°°d c„ J:::;:::: r„z^.:: ;--,;-- ... .. . ... . _,, „,, r . lo,^. iKrc ,s ., seme l,i,„||,, ,„ ,,„ f„ , „, , «-,rd nn,l ghcMit, 1„ „„. „„■„ „„,„. , , """""■ The vessels are siJe on „.e lea= "oise fron, oar sigh,. '™""'-' """""S"'-^ 'vhich the fog „as veiled Before investitratiri"- the rif\' ,f tu. ■ ... " "" "^> *'' '"^ present, let us trlance nt tl,» v - A history belongs to the site ml n ■ M , , '^^^ P^^^- old Acain an^is of "-od "^'^'''^-"•'^"-' ^^ ^'- Jo'". Revertin, to the at St. Croix, we hnj a ^eZ .;:;"" "■^^"'"''^■^ ''''' ^''^ '^ '"'--^'^ ^^''-e St John Here tl ■ """ '''"""'''"'' '"^ '''"^ ^^ ^'^ --"^ of the 3t. jolin. Here the prospect ,s more cheerin.r the hri.r'itn,.. f . ance. But treachery and violence do their .o; d if '" ^""■■""- r»„ »i . r . "oik, and the gloom acra n fali•' '"= "' ^"' peri..: and losing I.er. I'.e ,0" io' ' tTe 'Z^^ is 7\ '""'t" '" '"'' ^"^ .0 .ain. ,t ,ras .hr„„g„ the vindie.i.e ,e lo^ ^ a t "'l T\''' "^"'^ Acn, at low tide, and The vessels are r leaning to one the wet sails are escape of water 1 lium, the noise 2 fog has veiled the city's past, '■^everting to the miserable failure he mouth of the longer cont-'nu- gain falls, tt is now called This fort com- greater part of is retainers and e well-built fort ame thing still, in abundance; -f good fortune ys the fit wife :ed to his pros- -ts had availed er-lieutenant in ects. Holding no joy in hiw the 16th of April. 1764, however, accom- panied by Mr. James White and Cajitain Peabody, with a party of fishermen, he landed X jT;Ioom alonp passed under ff for Boston :ippearancf of Jharniray was ound. Again Irving its ^\t■- if friars, iiad our and con- and that iIk y victory, lie ■ at the head i Tour could iding expedi- his assaults an entrance, the head of ilation. She ner had the niray hanyed lis comrades, ck, and coni- uined and in ry. Lady l.,i OF /■///■: (■(\v/7x/:.yr '9 HKACON LIGHT. ST. JOHN, ..AT LOW .\ND HKiU IIDK, t whicii iiatl ely into the a mere trad- portions of very meagre Hen into tiie :ason of the first Englisli r of faniiUfs ibout tweK'f s, Mr. Janits lut had Ixi n ever, acconi- n, he landed on the site of the present city of St. Jolin, where he soon succeeded in developing a profitable trade. A few small houses were roughly put together among the woods and rocks, at the foot of what is now I'ort Howe Hill. At length broke out the American War of Independence, and a time of peril and loss ensued for the tiny colony. But for this came ample compensation at the close of the war, which may well he called the mother of New Firunswick. On the i8th of Ma\-, 1783, took place the "Landing of the Loyalists," which meant the founding of St. John, and within a year the sepa- ration of New Brunswick from Nova Scotia anil its erection into a separate province. The landing took place in the gray of the morning; there were no signs of life among the chill rocks and sombre firs of the peninsula, save where, at the back of the har- bour, the handful of fishermen's shanties huddled together; and the prospect was not cheerfid. But these exiles were men of fibre, of strength and steadfastness, who had so strenuously striven in defence of their cause that when the cause was lost they had no leniency to expect from the vict We may thinl- hose most truly loyal whose loy- 20 ////:' /:•. lS/7:A'XJ/(,sr RJlH.H alty .s .l,...>t., .. u,.,,. own ..,„u.-ys s.-vi... ,.u. lu.w.-v.r tlu. object .nay di.Tc.- the sentnnnu ,s always ih.- sanu,. fruitlul ,„„il„.r of l,croic action. """1 l>""i lli<- l..v,-ly l,„„l Ihal K.uc them hirll,. * » » • Our Kr.ui.Uirrs |,,„m-,|, ,, hr.ur, .IwcrmiiuMl Land, nnvfii liy li.ir.l Kai,--- As nic-ii wfic (liufii (if olil, H'liiiM' slDiy liath hrcri tulcl In lofiy epic strain— I'o plain, with tMil anil p.iin, Upon ,1 .lisi,,nt sl,„rc, an,| in a str.ingf, wild land, A new and glorious State," Ac. ose. l>y th,: su.ft .na.ic of energy and ..Tort, amon, the n.isty Leaches and h..h, hald htlls, W,tl, jt.st pnd.. St. John has been celebrating, with son, and V^. and illun,ination. and f.-ee-iutnded hospitahty. the hundredti,' anniversary^^f her Tlu. nt.,.s,i„, of opulent waters, ...arded snrely fro. even the crneiiest droughts by u,o, ve^ . U,e fo„ St. John has fonnd her enen,y in .i.-e. On Janna^ J., .^.7. she snfTered frotn a terrible eon.la.ration. which destroyed over a Inntdred hols and shops, nearly a thin, of the bttsiness portion of the city. Then followed, at inter- val. „,any n..n^ ,.r less disastrons lires. ..„. inhnitely the ntost drea.lf.d was that which '-^ ^-:- y^--^^^ )^^^' ^^^^- ^^::. In this at least a third of the whole city - ■"^nd.tated. X,ne hottrs sn.heed for the swallowi., of sixteen h.n.dred and twe.v """^^"\';V"''^^"'-"^- '■'>•• -^> '-■■' i-. .>.a.e , thre.^ separate parts at once. A stton, .,nd fanned .„e llan,,.. The roeKs held and nndtiplied the fnrions heat till 1:.:^"^ t '^ ' '"■"^'"^'■' '■'"' ""^ '""^' — — '- "f ^-nit. crumbled to .■.n,e,,,, away swiftly ,.,. ,,.,.,,_ Vhe stnol. was votnited np to the tops r ; "^ '": '■' '"■ ^"-^'-^ '-■ -n- ships in the harbonr were .any of '':"\'"'''^'"' '^'"•" ^'"■>- ' '' -'■"■ ^■■'- '■'<-■ ."oorin,s. Coals and hot ashes were "'":*' ^''""; '"■ ''''''■' ■""- '''"""• •" '^->--i-n. ci,hty-fonr ndles distant, the skv " "; ^"" ■'^^'^ ^^-^'^ '''- ^' -'" '' ''- -I'l- --1 'layl>n.ak. When the llantes died <- alon, the water's e.l.e, all the city sonth of Kin. Street had ,one down. In a tlay or two the centres of the streets n.,! tlw . "'"'^^ ■""! H"^ "l'<'n s.piares were cool ; and as one walked, ankle-dcen m the soft wUit,^ ■ ' . i II "1'. solt, uhtte .. ...es, at early mornin.>;, th,. sa-ne was one of most we,r., and desolate grandeur. The snn shone ovc:r the da.din, ripples of the bay over the s,,.,. and soandless spaces whici, had been streets, and against the .nclottded blue the th.n sn,oke-wfeaths risin, frotn the cellars and tnasses of "rnin took may dillcr the ty l)oachcs and ith .son!,^ and ivorsary of her (^r Tin- COXTIMiXT Mm-' ::./ II i St droughts by January 14th, undred houses nved, at inter- as tliat which ;he wliole city III and twelve parts at once, rious heat till e crumbled to ]) to the tops :,^es, fornu!(I a ivere many of )t ashes were itant, the sky ; flames died down. In a and as one was one of ipples of the aijainst the )f ruin took ■mM r *v. •Rllfe^J ,.,J-^-?;,.,(^^ »f MAUKI I SI.U', sr, JOHN, AT LOW HUE a sot, «fr™„ ™l„„. „,., , ,„„„, ,„ ,^^,^ ,^„ _^|_ ^^ was broken by the cra-^h of ^nm,. ,„ 1 , ^'U'uit ; nil- ui.iMi 01 .soiiii; niasonrv that in lir.M \t.-..\( .1 1 1 „r ., ^ . , , - '^"•"- "'"' "*l'i itselt up tlirou'di the stress of he tnal and now topp-I .■elu..,an.lv to its fall ,„ the centre ..f th. in the open country abou ry about tlie city, wre hundreds of tents and s(|i;ar('s, and sorr)- cabins, whereir la THM /• iSUiRXMOST HIIH,H ''''•WW^''I ■' >url ul -'il|<-n tlipuih 1(1(1 in ^.jmi . I i ami Oasfc* rh.s,. ,„ u-w, tcHl-hrcl that s..,,.. t,vasu,vs hul h, .., ,• Hum l)\ il,c .■lulcav.Mii ,,l uiilinu ^()lllnte(•rs ()„,l •.,■,, , , ^ ^<"mue(r>,. Un th* site ol (tnc iso .uci |i,iiM,i v.i,,h,. ,i, . ./^.., .„„„.,,„„,. „„,,,„ , „ , „, „ ^,„.,. ,; ;, ' :r ":v « ■ '"■ -- ■^"^ « »"'■ •'■"«'" .:.„,.:, '"•'»>^' n Im(MI. was icsiirrcctcil. St lohn r !>,. i -ilamity, and ,... fn.„, h.^ fall with a„ ..„-,•,> an.l vitality th ,. » til-,. Ivwl i> I ■ I • Mi.iiii\ thai u,.,,. iiiarv).' bus. All '"■" •^•"' •" ■•' '-' — was ,...huih w,th ad.U.cl .sple„cl.,a.. a.t.l th.. ,.... .itv will ..„ an. .on. than lavo.-al.l, i., its a.hit....... with cities .nan, .„„.. .ts st. ^ Z •"■. :"' ^" •"•"■'' '" "'■•■ '-imal lock... .,. ,.„, ,,,,.,,,^ ,„. ^,,,,,^ J' • n'mnulns of that, unVvously s,a,.onn, blow. ""'' What appears to the visitor as only one .itv .■..■.IK 'iM\ ()n( cit\ n-aiij consists ol two, connLcled !■■ ;' "; " "■■■'■'^'' ""'"' ""■ ~ ■' • V '-in,., ,■„.... ,„,„ , ,, ,„„„ , ; ,„^ nit throujrh the solid Devonian rock « hi, h ,o,. i i"< trcas arc CI '•"«■ one's whole time in St John ,nn.. I ' '« ■ --- n..... „,„. ,:„: ' ::;;;:;: ,::■-'"; .--"'^ "■'■ '™7'7' "■""•■■ "' ^■»"»''» ■■' ■^'- J - is pro,,,,,,,, ,.„„;,„„,■,„ ,..;:„' "'".I.- I-".-. II..".. Hill, is ,.,rm„,„u.-,l l„ ., |«,,„ „, „„ , "' '"" '"'" "'■ '" ■•^'^•" "'■" ....'> i.. ........rcJ crovic,.. ,„, ,„ ,.„„,,. ^ : ■^" '"■, "■'■ » ■' •" ""■ ■..'. -i.. I.ill-«ra»,,, ,.>„,„ „ ,. : 7'"" '" ■",: "' ""■ ""™ '■■-'" - .- ..i..e.i I,,. „„. .,v s;,;:; ;; ,.:..::: ; i ,:"::,; .""■ ;^-'- :■^'«'■■ '^-^ or ..,„. h.«i„„ „ Ol tne l)usy va 'e^ s ■ vnt wh r h lir.i . ■ . i i mwu.-, th^ i„. 1 • , r, ., ' ^'^^^ '"^ roarinj; tormina station of he „™l„„„, ,<„,„.,„,. ,i„„ J„r,„,-» Hill. ..„„ i,s «o., ., „, ,,,„„ ,„„,i„„ „ 4 C'/'' /'///;• ( OXV/.V/iA/' »H I'll I'ilfs <»f liultlcs ncrcd (iiK ol ihc . connected Ity ■ jiilin and I'on- t the streets arc the neijfjibourinjf '■'vcl, but as a i>\vn liill. It is, and I'xquisiteiy ■'t. John pnrticn- i)alanceil hy the ry exercise. In hy two |)osse.s- a pocket cork- il hills, chief of omniandinp the I one of these ■ l'^'- city and ■ b i'n. From of light, which anil movement air. In sharp vhich lie, Mack lose rijrtrinjr is ost tumultuous nal station of Us. Ieadin'-^-^ ^^ each passengers at Indiantown. about three miles from"VTT' '''!'" ^'""""' '^"^^ '" ^^^ f-.^'n is usually put aboard at one of the c u , ^ '""' •""'"■ "'^^ ^•■^"^- The '1- waits till the tide serves to pass tl' Ml :''^' '''''' ''" ^'""^' ^^^ "^ boat tl- man of the pencil, we classed ourselves .^ 't' ." '^"■'""""' '^t th- instigation of at the comfortless hour of four, just on the "l 'r ,' " "'"'"'"*''"'' "^ ^"^"^ ^harf ''^-".'^ the falls. This cataract is :;•,;!::/: "^''^^•^' ''" ''-'■ ''- - ^° "P ^« --'^ .ettin, up at daybreak to become ..J:J:;::, T""' ^'"' '''''''''■ '^ amon^ waterfalls in bein^ reversible At one J ' " ^'"'"'^ ''''""^' ^lone '--^ '^ i^ ralhn, in the other di.ctil!: Z:Z ^ ' " ""■'"^^'""' '" '' ^-^• course, to settle the matter ilnallv, and 'behold H ■"" '"""""''"■'^' '■"" '■^^'"'•"' ^^ Vou look down from the suspension-brid 'e a I" '^ "" " ^'"'•^^ "^ ^ fall. surges assaultin,g the ,n-av walls of the\;oU "' ' """"'''^^ """^''^ "^ '"^cl and there with gently wheeling foam-bubbl^ ^ Th'" "" " '''""' ""■'"'"' "'^'^'^"^ '-- away swiftly. And it is not strange that vess I ' '"T'' " '"" "''"'""-•>- '' Passes -^ '^^^;- -.ent of mid-tide. Ti: .^L : l": l:!" ^^ ^ '^ ^^ ^^ catch ■■^ nearly 500 miles ion.,, an.l four or five in 1 , "'"'" ' •'"'"' '''■^■-■' ^^'>'ch ^'^>'' - '»i^ point .inds its wav to t^^ Z Z T '' ' " ^^^^^^ above the throws across, spanned by . susp..nsion-bricir ' ^[^"' T '": ' '"""'" '' ^^"- '-bour. the accumulated river-waters fdl ' , "" """•'■''""-'- emptied the «lnice-.ate. As th- tide return, th- fu,,, .,/',' " ''''''"" '"' ""•-^'' a mi.hty K-'nai!y ch,.k.d. .1, . ,.,,, ;, ,.^^.,,„; ;;^ ;-;;i- ;■• .11^.1..,,.,, ,,, ,,,... .^ -..ns while the antagonists take a breathin.. sp-.ce H '""" ^'""' '"^•' ^'"'- - '•''• "'" '"Oil (he tremendous Fundy OF THE CONTINENT 25 "n stilts, piled i„ under, and boats, ircd sails flappinjr tforms for drying lulling- place that mi siinsliine and ■ivincr the tresses rils jf the plat- nies a girl, bare- ^'liter. Even as pear a moment ts out to dry. ni the languagf; of course, the I'Vedericton is >'-four are each '■ takes in her lie falls. The ■'nil the boat instigation of North Wharf am to go up cataracts. It ' almost alone ion, in a Icvc ou return, of ^' of a fall, milt of mad flecked here ■y ; it passes eek to catch '"^iver. which ^ above the 'i'' of stone- emptied the 1 a mighty lie river is . and fjuiet ous Fundv tide .verpowers the river, bears it down, and roars triumphing through to brim the upper l)asin. Before it can accomplish much in tliis direction, however, its retreat is ordered, and the recovering river presses heavily on its rear. This battle is f(>ur above the saw-mills fringing their base. The mills were waking into shrill life as we steamed -6 "=-:"-.:^:;::':X:;,:;;;::::;::;«--™.-..^ ' " '"-".^^"""n,^' to open, an.l low icciirately. We ■ white surges "itS- .' SftS-M) «r^ "^'■"'^'<-' TON. ,,,„ ■,„, „v,.K, ■^J^ Hvr,. Icapinu up and sinkin,^. T he passage "■'■'"-• ^-' '-' '^' .1. :o,.„ ;: 7'^ ;^;" -^^^^ """--., an. .i.h a ,n,„nv """' '^^'- "''"'• - '...Id o,;,. ,„,,,„, ;;„; • ""' 7^" ^^^■'-'•'"^ --hi toward Indbn- '^^■"'"^ ^--'-- "^ nnn„n..n, da,-,. ....„;?:: I" l"' "'" '""'''^^^' ^ "'^'--' that the "7^"'"^ ^--'-■- "^ -.n„...n, da,.,. ..., : I'"":'' ""■ '''^'^- ^ --' that the advertiser. ,i,t„v ,„,,„ ,.,„ ,,„^ ,,_ -" -" ^iosed about ns .as dehied ., the '•-'""^ -''■ -■•- ,.n,dai„,ed .,.. .„,,„„:, ,, "' '-"™'o— L and crude white, and -'■ver Hes the power „. |..,,„, .„,,, ^..,„^, ..'"'^ ;' ^•■':'-" '"■ ^'-^-.x In whose hands "- "- F-owe,. ,.. ....e,,ed. '"''^'"' "'" ^'--^ "^ '^t. John should .eo to it ^^ tl"' Ix.al su-in.r.s oft Ir l ■,""■ f^---.- - ...V i.n,w,,',',"'„'":,"',';r'„'" ','""'""""" ""' ''""'- "'■ "'"'"si. ':■""■"■'>■ ' ■ I., ,; r, ;; "„ ™- '"■■ "-■--• - :» ..<-.. „.„ "■ ■'^'' I"'"' ""■«>■ '.« ,,l,„v,. ,,, ;„ "" " "'■'» """ .--».l .-.11 .1,. .-oa,. .,.„ ■" 'l-^i.- «ra„i,i, ,„„„, ,,,,„^, ;:■ "H -.1 a. .l,i» ,,l.,, ,„„., „,, ,„,ij ,,.„^ OF run CON J'IMiX r 27 iiite accurately. We "I low, whit,, surges '^1^ ^3 'I with a mighty L' iindcr-currcnts 1 toward ladian- noticcd that the s delilcd by the rude white, and fn whose hands liould see to it ''^ "!' through '''■'It outlet of is said, hatl lands west of I lie present ■aring asunder he coast west tile solid hills iiiiiels of the ■>^• at Paris lifted St. John intt OF THE CONTINENT 29 the broad blaze- of fame as the home of the champion oarsmen of the world. Hither came the Tjiie-siders to wrest away their laurels, and here fell dead in the struggle their gallant stroke, Renforth. But as we discourse of these things to the man of the pencil, revolving at the same time many other memories which are the sweeter kept for private delight, we lose sight of tlie crouching headlands-the vision of the guarding Mounts-and passing one or two low islands, brimming with wealth of grass and scented clover, we enter on what is called the Long Reach, and there is open ahead of us a stretch of broad water unswervingly straight for nearly twenty miles. The shores rise from the water's edge lofty and thick-wooded, and bright little villages sparkle in all the nooks and hollows. What a fresh wind draws down this long funnel, dashing into our faces the thin crests of the white-caps and the spray from our vessels bow, and compelling us to hold fast our hats ! A boat is seen to put off from the near shore ahead, and soon there is a hoarse whistle from our steam-pipe and we slack speed. Here is a "subject," and he of the pencil whips out his sketch-book, makes one futile efTort to divide his attention between his hat and his prospective sketch, then snatches off the hat and witii an air of heroic determination sits upon it. The approaching boat is rowed by a seedy-looking Charon. Its bow is high out of water. In its stern is a solitary female, dressed in her best, with many blossoms of divers hues in her bonnet -muslin blossoms-and a much-fringed parasol held with dignity between the sun and her complexion. At her feet is a barrel of corn-meal, freight consigned to the corner grocery of some more remote up-river village, in the eyes of which this on the shore beside us is almost a metropolis. Our paddles are vigorously reversed as the boat clo,ses under our lefty white side; one of the <• hands" grapples her bow with the iron beak of a "pike-pole," she is held firmly to our gangway in .spite of the surge and wash from the paddles, and barrel and female are deftly transferred to our lower deck In another moment we are once more throbbing onward, the skiff dancing like an insane cork as it drifts back in the yeasty tumult of our wake. At the head of the Reach are two or three islands of a pattern not generally affected by the islands of the .St. John. They are high, rocky, and mantled in spruce and f^r. b.rch and ha..matack. The typical island of the .St. John River is a low luxurious fragr.ient of intervale, edged with thick alder and red willow, with here and there a magnilicent elm. and here and there a hay-stack. One of these Lslands which we pass has no apparent reason for its existence, save that it serves as a rim for a broad and shallow lake, beloved of duck and rail. As we pass what looks like a very long .sland. we mfbct upon the artist a reminiscence explaining the name of this curious bit of land structure. Some years ago the writer made the ascent of the St. John in a birch-bark, and. naturally, always hugged the shore to avoid the force of the current. Toward dusk he saw before him what seemed the foot of an island. To shoreward the current was delight- TH/i HASTHKMMOST R//)(;e -tr:;:;;;:;:;:;;:;;ir;i;j::'; r'r-— '«' >oo la,e co„»„,.„,, ,„,,, „„, ,„, .. .,„..\ , rV,'' .'"^'T ''''"^ """ "'-'■"- retinue of n,„„|„it„„. ,„, ,„„,,. , „ . , / '"'''■ " '^" ""T. ""!' an at.entiv,. •""■«'... an., „.,„ „ „;, :;„"'" """■"■ "' » ■■■"« "' -"-• .Hron^h „„. width all the „,„. ,„ ,.> ,,,,„„"' ""'"':^ ' "" »"■"" «. a„.l l„c.en»e, i„ present. T„. .;„■, „ „ . ,„':;,""".""";' '» ■""'"■'■■' '" ' - L". it is -ve,- because i„ ,,,„,„.„, ,„ ,,„ ' ' ^ J'^; '-"r- '^ee„. ,„ „„..„„„„,„ „,„„„^, i. bea. „™.,., „,„/„ ,j: y "..:::::.r"7' '"""•- ■■' "- "■ ^" .■oll-con,cn.c,l fa™s,..a.l,^„„,„ , , ' "'"■"•■ '" "- ""o.k are scattered the al.vo w,-t„ bl.,ct.„i„,. „.„„;„, ,„ „..,„ „,„,," ,,.\^"~'""« "'"^"^ "' <'^•"^■ ronndcd sombre hiMs ; and fr„,„ ,|„.„ , ' ' '"" ''■■*'"•' »" "re the -cnitons courses. - -- -- - «r„ps ,„ „„e .'i't of «ra r™.s or a T" """ ' """ '»'" »" •■1"»"y "ountifu, .i- .a,rstl„,„,ul, silver, a ^rea 7' "'T ''" "™" """ "'" ''"■^' »"" "-«» Piantin,. thirst, under tL" ,::;,: ;;,., ^^ ;™^» ^-"^ -'■ '-e „lo„«hi„, „„d VV,. •>. " '' "'^ "■•■'t'''' with n si.rlit We pass upon our l,.ft th,. i;,,|,. i,- , , " -' i» "o»..... to „e found a :!:.:':r:i::T " "■ '-"-■ -• "Oil. so drowsy .' In ., f[■^,^. .Swe.-.ti„u ■n,i,| ,|„. j,„,,|p„ |,_.j^^.^ With iis „,u. whii,. ro„ or street Carpelftl .m, jr,cen i„„| sweet. AntI th loungers smokinjr ^,j|| Over ^r;,ie and window-sill; .Volhinjf coniiPfr, nothini; going, Ucusis grating, one cock crowin.,. Few things moving up or down. All things drowsy-Drowsytownl" Canoeintr in the old ,|.,, wHat his halt, .h/envfl " "" ' '" -'^'^••o.-rhoo.l of Capetown, no .att.r ^^■'-"" -- apt to push throu,h the h-ly-pads to shore, rest his OF run CONTINHNT 3' and rejoicing, for er ; and his chart, orne him lovingly with an attentiv(- ion; through the ■lit. ■ ind increases in 'i<'. l)iit it is cver aiistible richness, '>' the St. John, 'nis to shade its ntry, wherever a ire scattered the ^3 red antl gray 'oiighs of elms, ind ail arc the tartle the quiet. ' Hteal along hy hanks curtained o crops in one ually bountiful t'ts, and draws ploughing and agetown, than ■n, no matter ore, rest his Ih'vI. on the warm grasses, and indulge in hours of lotus-eating amid the summer scents an.l murmurs. On the other side is the mouth of the (iemsec. a deep, slow stream, the outlet of Cirand Lake. The heavy-throated dwellers in this region call this stream 111'- MMinsack." Here was the site of on<- of La Tour's trading-posts and a strong fort, in lis r(Mnoteness secure from all but the most determined onslaughts of the New V.n^- laiu!<;rH. Hut several bitter struggles rageil about it during its season of importance as the centre whence were organizc^d and directed tlu; e.xp.^litions of the Indians against th(! English settlements in Maine, (irand Lake is more than thirty miles in length. ami lies in the centre of the New Brunswick coal area. There; are large «>m., ..r . i • i r , "' "f ^'''^'^'^ favours the idea of a bridge I Let us take a canoe from the St. Aiui'^ Unwln.r f-l,,i i * i ■ ■ , . rinnn Kowmg Llub boat-house, and examme this view from the other s.de. VVe do not sua much of the city except its steeples, rising out of bdlows of elm-tops. Heautifully rounded willows line most of the water front • white steamens. red tugs, black w.KHbboats, and schooners fringe the wharves; but w. feel a httle disappointed, The N.un.al School building, though its back is to us as .s the case w-ith most of „,.. din,, we catch sight of. looks well. But we are forcibly attracted bv thr C'iiv 11,11 „i,;.], m , . ,. , "> "•'"■ ^^'"*l'> \\ith a supremelv ridiculous little tower stuck upon its rear, to matcii ilu. I,;., i i . . , J . ni.ucM III, jji^ clock-tower upon its front, looks like the back \ € js W/i- lU.STKRXMo.v/ N„H;n ,""- '"- '■« "' '--. „, ,,„., ^., ; '' '";"■■"'■' -"■ '■->« ,„ House. ■.;'"" '^ '■ '-^ -„, ,.„„., ,„ ,„,,• „ \.;; " "■■' "■•'■ « '- P"l.r» ,„ '"'■■""»"■■ "•■'" -» .!..■ r,.,„„ ;,, ,„ ' , r r" "'" "" ''■•■"" ■"- "■«> ^.11 '"• ' ""'"■ '""■'<■■' ■•< -I-" ... .1,,. ,, „ r "■"'■ '■ '"'•" "- ^.-... ..nds ""',•-7' '""'■ ""■ -' '.i"-l.-, ,-l i,„ ,„,„ ;, ""■ '■""" •" ""■ !■.«- ,„„cc. ■n« -y. .Ii.„.,„.,,rl,„ ,„.,,, „„. ^„„,„„„^ ■'"■■-.. "( ,„c ,. „,. "■'-- "' ricl, ,,f,.„, ,,,„„, „,,, ,_, ' "I ..!» ... „„r ri.|„, „, ,,,,„^ ^ "'"• '™... a ...Vo „.„e» .„„ ,,„.,, .„;";™:"' --■■'■ ■^-- .l.^ee „,,, ,„ <-lo»o at l,an,l tl„: „,I,it,. .,,,1,,, „, ^ .. , ,"^'' """'' ''«'" '''«nk ;""-"» i»i... r„.,„ ,>.,,■„., „„,,„ „„ „ r,,"^; '" "' ■".-■ '..--r, o, .„, „„, -".- "' a,.,. i„ ,0,, ,,„,„„, „,„^^,„ ,^ ' ^ ^•»'.»a..., Vi„,.,.„„, ,,„„ „„„ '"..... ..va,i„„. .„., ,„ ,, „,„,^,.^ „. -^Gc.,„...e. ,„ ,„ „,, ,,^_,_^^ ^^^ abandant. ll„t tl„, N,.,. ,• , , ''"- ."arvolloasly ,,reat i„rf ""> -y .i..roo „r co,„,„„. „,„„,: ,77,;7 »;"77™. ..... .» „.„,., ,„„ ,„„„ '"= "'""'"^ "-" ■■'-"--". ....,1 co,„,„,,i„i,„; ' . 7'"'7-' »"" ««■ «".onco ca.„o in ■"• attitude of ;,„,,, ' *^ '"■''». "list.ikinj. i, ■V I'arliiiMi.nt | Jous,., 'J"'-"-'^ I'illars „,, th,. •"^""K' "f tho most "I'l^^n grounds which "''>• 't is a Uri^Ut ''•■■'vlf tile Nasliwaak t^ry of this spot. "• "■'"-■ 'lero and li further secure ' 'arge and well- ^cw Knglanders forewarned, was '"'■■ty-six of his t'lt- fort. r|,e e .stream, on a •^'iPrry season, and sweet and h firf; from the >''k th(! others upon all such 'lence came in '"e unpopular O/- /■///: CO.VT/X/u\"r 37 in the invaders' camp, and imder cover of the next ni^jht they forsook it and ried. In ^^ the autumn of ,bqS th.- ;rarrison was remnv.d to Fort La Tour, which had h<-en relmili I at th.. mouth of the St. John, and after \ illel.on's .leath in ,700 the Nashwaak fort uas .icmolished Nothin^r now remains to remind us of ,hos<- .-.xciting thouj,d, uncomfori- al.le times save some «reen mounds wIut.- ..nc- stootl Villel.on's ramparts, .,r a few . rust-caten cannon-balls which the farmer gathers in will, his potato-crop. . To Grand 1-alls. ..„ miles above I'Vedericton. one may ^ro by rail; or !,.• may j contmue by boat to \Voo.lst..ck, and from that point take up his land-travel. The , ch.ef attractions of the river voyag,,- between bred.M-icton and \V.,o,lstock. a distanc.. of SLxty miles, are to !,,. found in the b.-auty of the I'okiok Fails which are passed m route, an.l in th.- oddity ..f the stean.er, which is of the patt.Tn calle.l a " wh.-el- barrow-boat." This craft has heard of the feats of western vessels of her class, and claims to make occasional overland voyages after heavy rains. Woodsto-k. a picturesc]ue little town amonu hills and .roves and well-tilled sf..p holds, .s a dangerous rival to I-Vedericton for the up-river trade, on account ..f her pos.t.on and the enerjry and enterprise of her citizens. Thrice i,as she been almost destroyed by (ire. yet she rises ..uickly fron, her ashes, cheerful and busv as ever She -s very hopeful and self-reliant, has saw-mills, and iron-mines. and so nearly approaches the dignity of a city as to possess a suburb, called •' Mardscrabble." Above Woodstock the character of the river shores chan-^es. The skirting inter- vales disappear, and the banks are lofty, bold, and diversified. The sketch which our graphite-wieldin. comrade made at Newbury Junction, a few miles up from Wood- stock, while we waited for the train to take us to Tobique and Grand I-'alls is characteristic of the up-river scenery in its more temperate moods. The New Rruns- w.ck Railroad traverses the hei,dns. crossing wild and profound ravines on bridges of sp.dery build ; again it rushes out upon a fertile rolling champaign !au,hing with prosperity; and anon it carries us back into tlie firc-rava-^ed wildernesses. l!„t everv- where we see that the soil is strong, an.l the country capable of sustaining a .r.-at population. '^ *' At the little village of Andover. some twenty-four mile, below Grand l--alls, we resolved to ascend the beautiful Tobicpie River, partly for the sake of its scenery but more. It must be confessed, for the sake of its trout-fishing. We had little .lifficulty .n securing three trusty Melicites, with their still more trusty canoes-a can.,,, and an Indian for each of our party. Tiie inhabitants of this Tobi.iue village are makin<. excellent progress in civilization. They are intelligent an.l religious, own many horses and cattle, do some .,ood farming, an.l show n., si.ns of povertv. Their village is fairly dean, th,-ir houses are well iniih an.l car..! for. Sewing-machines proved that even hither had the persuasive travelling agent found his wav. Beside one door stood a handsome baby carriage, with a black-eyed, red little Melicite crowing roudly / 1 J« rmi J:.isr/,j,:,.uo^/ ,^,,^,^.^_^ I If ON nil-; roHiijL'i. *'""" ^ -Hi w. found in tlH. ci,iers cut..,.. , „. , , ■ some piles of sh.et-nu.sic ;.n,l -, ,:.,,:.. ?. ^ '' "''"""' '"■«""■ ''-ide wh "' •! Violin. Son '"' "I llit'sc Ind ich were '"''•"•^ "f'l r„r thcMnsclves •some piles of sheet-ninsic an »- i-.-ank s,,,,,, „„„, „. ; ' - ■■ y, ., „ „„, ,,„,,^.,, "■' "■"■■- M'^'»- H,. ,, ,,„„ „„.;,;,:,;,'" ,:■■'";■• '^''■™"- .i-o,«m,,, „„ .u.c..w,-„eu ,.,., .„,,.,,,^ „„„.. ;,_,- ; ■; ■ :, ,. ., ,.,„ ,„,, ^^^^ '' "■•■'" '•'"'■■ '" ill--- .■lt.-rri„„„ „.||,,„ .,, I,,, , .V-rcen water, „f ,|,,. T„i,;„ ,., ,. , .' "'" '"'""' ""'"Hvfs „/!.«, '"•'"'• "'"''■ l»V in rid, »n,r.,.,, „,,„ „, anil "pon the HT current of OF THE CONTINF.NT 30 side which were f"i" themselves onr jruiiles, b)- tlioroui^hly, and "il'anions, Tom I'ut they were i'«t'fii! knowl- eness wliidi an 'float upon the ''cr current of the St. John. We leaned hack hixurioiisly upon hemlock jjranches heaped in the bow of each canoe, while our Meiicites, erect in the st(n-n, prop-^llcd us a-ainsl tJie swift tide with K)ny, surginyr thrusts of their white spruce poles. In half an hour we reached •• The Narrows," where the straitened river hisses alono- for n- a mile throu natural growth consists of elm and water-ash and balsamic poplar, rising from a <,uiet sea of grasses and flaunting weeds. In such regions the wild iris is everywhere in possession" along the water's brim, holding purple revel with the multitude of azure and golden dragon- Hies; and everywhere, also, the broad, gn:en banners of the fern. Hut where the bw. round hills -...T. 0,-,.,,„i„,, „„ „i,, ';.';; • ' ■'"7 "■; -«"■"-' "- »-ll .1*. ca,.. ^«p o,„. ,.,„,,.,„ .„,;,„„, s„„„:!„,: ;.;:;: r '™;'"' -" -= "-"" - »'"l> ""•= approval „p„„ „„. Ii,„,. ,ni„: " ' "»"'""■«= SamI ''=«™.i n.:H, u,a. ..„„, .„„ ,„ ,„,. „„ -:, ::- ;t7 '-;;'-";■ --^ ...... '.™.ioct .an. «„,„,„, ,■„ „.. :„a„o.; ,,, r,;; ""'»"' » -'■ '^^- »i-'. »ho„ld arrive. V„,.a,i„, o„ ,„„» carelessly I , """ "'"™"'"' ^•=-°" «ave an occasional li.,|„ ,,,„„,- „r "° ""'■' '° """<'-■ "" ~'"Plain encan,pc.,, l.o.cver cam. ,1 " °™^*"™''y ''" "■e »n.,I,ine. W,,e,, ^.pera.c. a.„ir,. i::: trr::: ^^r '^ "t "- °' "-^ -- «->>» ." c„, a -clp.lal.^.a,;! ;;::," ':"""' '•' "'•■* °- -'"» in.0 ,„c ,-r„™, U,cir .,„.,c,, n'po,, L.a'rI.nnJ, '■::,;/; """ '"= ^^^ "= -^"=^ ..• <"" .he Pic,„rcs,.,e„ess o, ,„c can.p. "„ ! ; 'T" ,'-'""™''- "" ■"'» *P"* ' :-'. .i.e «..,cr c„„ po,,.„, ,„„ .„,.;,„ ,,.., ,;■; ; 7;'-;™°" P* 'o^^^^^ a. one :; -'"'"" 7" ' "- -"- an. ...e fire i! r;;.' ." „ c „ I:"^'"' " ' '""'""' " -r ,1,0,1 Jav fr,„„ An.lovcr we reached ,l,e •. Phscer CIW - , more ,l,an sorpasscl „„r e.pcc,a,i„„, Tl,e river a, ,.• '' "''"'^ '"'"'' is lo>v. semi.,ro,,ical in ,|„, |„v„ri,nce , V '""" " "''""'"■ "■"= •'I'""' ""- ■— « -« -':::: rn::;:,:!;:'";;"'*' '- "■= •""" '-' -» and the whole n.ck-faco is -x |„v,.|v 11 r r ' '""' ''"''' ^'"'''^'^ i'Uricatelv. "-■ "■' '■'.^•.< cr .OS i::, „':;,:; :,::';: --;, -;'"■ -*• "™- »- ">■ '•■•■"■'■"* as a ,„p.,lressi„, f,. ,„eir .rastj T , " " ""' """ "'' " »"'>■ '■■«" "™ ""■'•^•' ""•. -i ...ore a n.ass' „ ,„,I° '7"'^"™'"""°""' '"= '-^ »n,o l.roaJ pa.ol.os „f vcd, don, a-ains, ,l,o 1 "'"'" ""'' "'■'''«• "'■=- »a» a .lrap,.rv „f pale lvc„p„di„,„; „ T, ■ 7 '' ""■'""■ """ »"'' """•=■ "Iso. veil of „ ,:,„ „.7„, '"""•'"""^' - "•"' '"■'=- ->' l'-..l..loos Moo.,.o„s. or , ,„verv OF Tin-: CONTINEMT 4t 2 in length, and to foot. We stopped ichino; the head of ■asured, slow thrusts th a yentle, pulsino It-' upper waters, or !ic small i':sh, eager ' all we needed to I'Xf^rtion, we gazed tcads, and quaint, for the most part a raft laden with convenient season make us complain sunshine. When lizens of the wild. up his wet socks -if copiously with he importanc ■ of -' sallies into the e are enabled to on this depends e forked at one It is fortified whose beauty ovv. One shore )ther hand rises isted intricately, fis, browns, and h1 bear it av\a\- lour of the roc k 1 violet, when- and there, also, lis. or a silvery ing as we de- sired. But still better was the sport which is brought to mind by the recollection of " Blue Mountain." All along under the fish-fence of" stakes and brush-wood extending to mid-stream, what swarms of trout lay in ambush, anil how hungrily they rose to the lly ! Splendid fel- lows, too, and full of phi}'. As for the moun- tain, a geological report which is at hand, assures us that its height is two thousant! one hundred feet, and that its summits are visitetl by terrific thunderstorms. The next day Bald Mountain came in view, a round, naked peak thrust up from the bosom of an impassable cedar- swamp. Upon the soli- tary arm of a dead, gray pine-tree on the shore perched a white-headed eagle, which thrust out its neck with a gesture! of an.xious inquiry, and yelped at us as we passed. Soon we reached the Forks, where the fishing surpassed itself. We remained a day, and the store of trout which rewarded us the Indians salted down in little crates of birch-bark for the homeward trip. At the l-orks the right branch, or Tobique proper, flowing from the south, is joined by the Mamozekel from the east, and the Nictor, or Little Tobique, from the north. Up this stream, the wildest, grandest, and most beautiful of the three, we pushed to its source in Little Tobique Lake. This lake is the most sombre of inland waters. Its depth is mysteriously great, so that, though pure as crystal, it looks black even close to shore. The hills stand all about it, and Nictor Mountain dominates it. The winds seemed never to descend to tlu level of its bosom, and the woods that fringed it were silent. We saw no birils here but a bittern, plainly out of her reckon- ing, and a white-headetl eagle which stood guard over the scene. We explored, sketched, fished ; and, mowd by a spirit of defiance, we took a swim in the icy waters, and shocked t ST. JOHN l;l\l K, M Al; M WHUKV U ' .\( ; I |( ).N. ancient forests with rollicking songs. But soon th e wt'ird en we turned and (led solemnity of the spot overmastered us. We became «-rave. Th back. The journey down was very swiftly accomplished. The distance of a hundred and odd miles was covered in a day and a half. The Indians sat and paddled gentlv. 4a ^^ ^^'isyv-/,x.uosT a>//h;/: ■"1^1 the shores sli„n<.,l l,v III- • • '-- -" .™":rL:!;T'"'^' ''-'"•■ -■-■—. """"■'■ "I"'" -'^"..i» i ,„-a„ „i,i, ,1,,, 7 '! '"■"""■'' '■' '■ •"'■^y "- «•-■■■" ". .iH- "■" """^-'''» - — 1 ;:':,:'; -"■■ "•• ■— : 7"" ' "■'■'" —",.,.■,„,„■,,. „„. ,,„;,,;""■ '"'•■»■ '■'— » ■..■( ^- -"'■'■ A Ion,..,. ,,„, »„„.„ ,^^^ „r„, , :"v,;r " '"'" '""^" "■"■"«"' ■".. *-a.K.,t, i, ,1,, |,,„,| „, "•"" r.,r („,„„, |.,||,, •'•••." Ningara „„. ,„,,,„. "I""'- "'- '"con.pa^u,. !..,» i„ ,„.g„,,„j^ t'ons and surroiindin.crs ''■ tiK; CWnd I.-alls are '^"(-'i that th( •I 'iiinilar "'feet. A ■)■ produce overwheJmino river neari \- a quarter of a mil (-' in w id til "•■"'"v.'s to three hun- f"t'<-t, and tai- d tire.i (■s a l"'n'-"'li(:(ilar pi inu • ■li'h ty feet into a chas In side 111, loom and '■••'^^'".^^<)f uliich the at N '■()r;re '■'i.^^ira seem- T\ joyoi);. 'i<: vilhi o( ( ■ rand ■'"■s IS an irrcMidar scat- lerrni. )f -vh itc cotta -li/es upon th( 'ii,L;h plat ■summit of ean. !• "oni end "• ''"'I u-n the cent ''""■< a street ambit ions named Jj|.„.„| re ;iy \\:iv. In triit '• it is I, road lys, there ••nonn-h to b 's a continual '^- mistaken for •'^IvantaK^e in the nei-dib, nicin- of cool I ■i meadow. O ver it. ighbourhood of the 1, freezes. The cit tti<; Post Office izens even in the hottest may be studied to b o-- in the sliadow of the h iCSt uge (;/•" THE COXTJNHNT 43 "'•<■ ■'^iin siioiu; hotly. "•')■ I'e stHMi in th,. When u-,. c;unc to '"'ici-e was a brief '' ""■ Iliad, white "liich tlirontred the ^ at the Narrows, '''''""i>l,^■ across the ' iiat evening we alls. L'^1 in these jjages of many waters. 'flit as to ignore <-ss in magnitude ^ I'le hottest 'died to best of tlu; huge ■-Si white pillars which adorn the front of the hotel. Those pillars are Doric in their massive simplicity; and the whole stnicture causes one- to fancy that a Cireek temple has captured a modern white washed barn and has punidly stuck i. on behind. In -pilct of tin paucity of citizens, tlie :,treets have an air of life, the jjigs being numerous ami alv.ays engaged in some work of excavation, while the geese are as clamorous as hawkers. It was a perfect niL;ht when we arrived. The summer moon was at the full, low down in the sky, so we went strai^L;lu\\ay out upon the suspension-bridge which spans the gorge a few stone-throws below the falls. The falls are nowhere visible till you meet them face to face, but their tremendous trampling hatl filled our ears ever since leaving the hotel. From the centre A the bridge, which trembled in the thunder ami was drenched continually with spray-drift, we looked straight into the face of the cata- ract, through the vagueness of the moonlight and the mist. (3n the one side leaned over the great crags, black as ebony, with their serrated crest of (ir-tops etching the broad moon, which had not yet risen cpiite clear of them. On the other hand the higher portions of the rock, being wet, shone like silver in the light. To the white chaos beneath us no moon-ray liltered down, and we could mark there nothing definite. As we watched the cataract in silence the moon rose higher, and suddenly athwart the swaying curtains of the mist came out the weird opalescent arch of a lunar rainbow, which kept dissolving and rebuilding before our eyes. Not till it had melted finally did we go back to the hotel. We took days to ex- amine the falls and explore the grim won- ders (jf the gorge. The longer we stayed th(; stronger grew the spell of the place. At the base of the cataract is thrust up a cone of rock some forty or fifty feet in height, which the foam alternately buries and leaves bare. From the foot of the desccnr the river does not, as at Niagara, Jloio away. It does not even rush or dart INDIANS .MAKI.NC; TOKCIIES. -^1 •■■» 44 THH liASTERNMOST RIDUE ^. ■■■» OF THIi COXTIXr.NT 45 y. LITTLE TOBlgUK LAKE. a; o tMl*'-A away, but it is belched and volleyed off with an explosive force so terrific that masses "I water, tons-weight, are hurled boilinjr into the air, where they burst asunder vehe- inctnly, white to the heart. Great waves leap unexpectedly far up against the walls of tht! chasm. At times the river heaps itself up on one side, giving a brief glimpse of iiakod rock down to the very bed of the gigantic trough. This ungovernable bursting of th(! waters continues through almost the whole extent of the gorge. A side ravine close beside the fall, a sort of vast wedge-shaped niche, is piled full of hundreds of thousands of logs, jammed inextricably during the Spring freshets. At half-freshet, when the cone is ♦Mllirely hidden, we have seen mighty pine timbers lunge over the brink, vanish instantly, ;iiul then be shot their full length into the air, perhaps fifty yards away from the liill. Somciim^'s a log is raised half its length above the surface and held there in a fitningc fashion, so that it goes off down the torrent on its end, spinning like a top. Throughout the gorge occur several minor falls, which disappear when the river is high. Except during freshet, most of the gorge is accessible to good climbers. At one point an elaborate stairway has been built to the water's vA^gn. Here, in the opposite cliffs, there is a recess which is occupied by "the Coffee Mill." This is a whirlpool about one hundred feet across, kept constantly full of logs, blocI iiidok llasi ■^"I'I'oschI .infa.homal,!,.. o„ur,stin.. ir. i, '• ^^^ """' ^' ■'^"■" '■'"^'^ ^"<' '<"-- .„i.h ,.oa,.s past on :., '''"" ^''^^ """ ^'^ ^^"^'" --h of th. f-t .n h..i^ln. Toua.l on. si.K: of this vast wail 1 J""''""' '"" '""''■"' ^^-. sp,-ea.s itsdf in a noisd.ss n.t.o,. ^ l:;" '''''' '^ ^^^'^ ^« ^-^- ^^^^"s '■ -^'''Mil^e a (l„unu-.,nl smoke, Along .he din ,o ,„,l. .,„ ,,„„,, ,„„ ,,„ ^,,,_,^ ^^^,^ „ It was hcrc, if tradition licth not tint th,. In r taken in ua. '"^'""^ ""■'' ^" '""•' ^'^-n their captives As mi-ht be expected, (Irand Tails h-,. 1 The first bridge over the ,oro , f " '" ^"^"^ "^ '"-'>' ^^ -^f''' '-.edv. •■streanwlrivcrs-^havebeen'snched ""\^'^^'^'-^'' ^— "P"" it- I.u„,bcrn,e„ :. ■-*-.a a.™- ... .,.::;i:;:-:;i;r ;r^:: ::::r r-'''' °' uieieaitei. One trao-ic ■-^torN- is a story also of woman's heroism. In the days when the Melicites were a gix-at nation their im- placable enemies were the Moliawks. A Moliawk war part\- launched its canoes upon the head-waters of the .St. John, in- tending by this new route to surprise the chief village of the Melicites, at An pak. Before reaching the •^ ".itcis. .\s they drifted silently down >'AKIXr; X,,\V ,.OI.K ,.OK caxok. tly tailed, ,i,.,.p eir- 1^ the cave, whirl, t<),L;ctli,T inoimiuly. '" 'Mem, li,,. clilTs •^ ^lill l.lack );ool lit'' wrath of the ro'-k. I'roin this l>i^^' two hmulred i-^ to brwik, I'alls VII their captives 111 awful tra^rcily. i.umbennen - (ircadful whirl of tt^i'. One traf,M'c i^ a story also Oman's heroism, lie days when tielicites were a nation their im- ilt' enemies were ^lohawks. A vk war party (-'tl its canoes lic' head-waters •St. John, in- :: 'jy this new o surprise the ill'^ire of the -'•■., at All pak. reachinjj the e\- captured a ;■ s(|uaw, who silently down OF Till'. coxrixr.xT 47 i>y nii^iit she was |)ut in iht- fo'-cmost canoe, and ordered to take tiieni to a safe lani!ii:,Lj in the rpjier liasin. wlien;:" they would, nc.\t day. make a [)ortajfe around the cataract. She steered tiu'in straij^lit for the vorte.x. When they started up from their lialf-sluml)er, with the hideous menace of that thunder in their ears, it was too late,-. A few moments of a;^fonizinLj effort with their useless pail- illes, tlx'ii they and their cap- tive were swept into the Ljidf. Never did another Mohawk invasion vex the .Melicites ; but the latter ha\(; not pre- served the name of the girl who saved them. From (iranil l'"alls by train to the mouth of Ciraml River; and hence, with our guides and canoes, summoned from Andovcr to meet us, we set out for the Restigouclu! and \orth Shore. Poling u|) lirand Riv- er, it a[)peared tame after the Tobique. Into Grand River (lows the W'aagansis, a meagre, dirty stream, grown thick with alders, through which we pushed our way with difliculty. Thence we made -i portage to the head of the Waagan, a tributary of the Restigouche. We were now on the other side of the watershed, about to commit ourselves to the streams of the Gulf slope, famous for their salmon and trout. The Waagan is, if possible, a more detestable little stream than the Waagansis. The canoes had to be pushed and dragged through the ilense growth occupying the river's bed, and the shores were almost impenetrable with shrul). The onl\- picturesque object seen was a bear, which evinced no regard for his ;esthetic importance, but made all haste to vanish from the landscape. Hut the mosquitoes surpasseil themselves in their efforts to entertain us fitly. At last we rounded a fair woodeil i)oint, and slipped out, in ecstasy upon the pale-green waters of the Restigouche, •'the Five-lingered STRiri'INO OK H,.\KKINC; A TKIili I'OK rORCHliS. •4^ 48 Tim I-ASTI:RNMOST R/,h;h CIM W' a! u > < 03 U O OS o <'V'^ 7///f CONTINENT 4^ Kiver,"as its name is sai.I to MJ^nify. What a contrast to tin- Waa^yan ! As w.; heaclcl clown tiie lucid ciiinMU tiic sky now scrmc.l to ^rr„w Line ami tin- brt;e/.o to soften. A wood-duck winded past, its ^jor-rous pluma-o K'iowin- in tlir s.u,. Tiic- mosquitoes and the j,rnats vanished, and in llwir place came exquisite pai.-l.iue butterflies, delicate as the l.etais of llax blossoms, hoverin^r about our heads, or ali-htin- on prow and ,s,a.nwale. Then Iron, a dead branch proje.tiuK over the water a great kinj^tisher launched himself, and darted away down stn^m will, nu.cking laughter. And through the whole down trip we never lacked the conjpanionship of a kingfisher. Ihere were l.luejays, too, and sandpipers, and Canada-birds whistling far and near; and sometimes the hermit-thrush sounded his mellow pip.; um we passed .i secluded thicket. The forests were every- where luxuriant; the waters populous with f,sh as the air with birds and butterflies. We cast our mimic (lies till we grew tired of it. and fed upon the fat of the land. Altogether, the Restigouch.' w.,n our very hearty approbation, though in the upper portion it is not of such (live,-sili,..d beauty as the Tobique. However, in the possession of a mighty tributary, on.- of the "live fingers," the titl<- thereof the " Quah-Tah-Wah- Am-Quah-Davic," it easily .listanc's the Tobique. Luckily, the lumberman has been ^^ here, and ,ias abbreviated ih„ name to " Tom Kedgwick." m Here, fish-wardenn being .carce. in the interest! of art and science we took upon f ourselves the guise of poaclKTs. and w.-nt spearing salmon by torchlight. Where the paper-birclj grew large and clean upon the river shore, we called a halt. Rolls of bark about three feet in length were stripped from the larger trees, in the .nanner shown in the sk-Uch. With a dozen of such rolls we were content, and pro- ceeded to our torch-making, A strip of bark eight or ten inches in width was folded once down the middle. |.'iv., «uch folded pieces laced tightly together with touoh and pliable straps of the inner lurk of .. young cedar constituted one torch, capable of iHu-n.ng for about filt....n ,„inut..s. With a couple of do.en torches we were fully equipped, as only one cmoe was to engage in the forbidden sport. The ninht was windless, according to desire, bm a faint mist coiled la.ily on the placid surface of the river. 1 he hour was kit.;, ,ind a gibbous, weird, pale moon peered through the h.fty elms and poplars on the hnvr bank. The torch, thrust into a cleft stick and placed erect m the bow of the c.-m.,.-. llared redly, and cast off a thick volume of lurid smoke, •which streamed out behin.l m as noiselessly we slipped through the water. In the bow. spear in hand, stoo.l our .hief guide, his dark face gleaming fiercely in the sharp- cut lights and sha.lows, while his keen gaze searched the river-bottom. On one side loomed a rocky bank, which Hefmed about to topple over upon us Through the fitful glare and the distorting nmoke. the trunks of solitary pine trees and of ancient birches that had fallen pron.. up.m the brink took on strange menacing shapes of .^.gantic stature. White decaying stumps and half-charred ' branches leered impishly through the darkness of the underbrush, and a pair of owls flapped to and fro. hooti nff 50 /■///:• /■:.lSTJ:RX\/()sr R/f)(;n ;:r;!:;„„;r",;r;,":. "Vr"' '-•■'-"'-- a„ .,_,„ silcncL' the su-iltl,v V.,..,. I,- , " '^^ •^^''"" ^''^ lirc-atl.l.s ^::::;::::;:;;;:.::.:;:r;::::::;;;;::::-i:;-^ ^. -r our.vs TI? , , ;"''"'"•">■ "^ '^ ^l''''-"li'i salmon Hash,.,! iK.fon 2" :,j ::,'::: ■1''';;''™:; -""i-.-:.. ..,,„,„„ -»-^ '^^■....:-:::.';r ■:::':: :r,::t. ''""■ ^t" "■" .k'-iiii llie bruiuhlcs c two-proiij^'od sfjcai, ' "" 111'' luad, an.i ''''■^' At last, after was followed |)y .1 dmon llaslied In^fon !<■ curiou.s, was uueveuilul. 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"U ships. Two miles furtli L'l-, on the opposite OF THE CONTINENT 55 fever. Fortunately. 1 Ijy the capitalist ; ernoon has become ■oug-h a barren and John. About it attempts at settle- French met with northwest branch 1 the twin streams 'habited, but once ttery commandin^r Pierre Beaubair. istence. The {