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was paying his second visit to the famous pool at the 

 mouth of the Patapedia — the Rev. Dr. Rainsford of New 

 York, and the next morning we enjoyed salmon fishing 

 — hy proxy. 



Cross Point is a romantic spot on this most picturesque 

 part of the river. Climbing to the top of the rocky and 

 dizzy height which is surmounted l)y a rough wooden 

 cross, we overlook a magnificent stretch of endless hills 

 and gorges. Three hundred feet below us the river flows 

 in a northeast direction and curving round, forming an 

 oval peninsula, takes a directly opposite course. So closely 

 does the river double on itself that one can sit on the 

 narrow mountain ledge, about the width of a saddle, with 

 a foot dangling over each stream. It is not a spot that 

 would insure peaceful dreams for the following night if 

 one remained very long upon it. 



From the mouth of the Patapedia down we have 

 Quebec Province on our left and New Brunswick on our 

 right, for from the mouth of this river to the Ba^' of 

 Chaleur the Restigouche forms the boundary line between 

 the two provinces. 



Our camping ground on the night of 31st July was 

 Tom's Island, which we reached just at dark ; a clear, 

 cold night with frost or a very near approach to it — and 

 no flies ! This island, situated at the mouth of Tom 

 Ferguson's Brook, proved so interesting in its variety of 

 plants that we spent the greater part of the next day in 

 investigating them. The island — or rather peninsula at 

 low water — forms the apex of a bend in the river. The 

 isthmus connecting it with the right hand bank of the 

 river is of Upper Silurian limestone, highly tilted, and no 

 doubt underlies the island. The central portion of the 

 island is about one hundred yards long and twenty wide 

 in the broadest part, covered with alluvial soil, and 



