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is accomplished, which usually occupies from twenty to 

 thirty hours, the leaf expands again exposing the bleached 

 remains of the insect, and setting a fresh trap for others. 

 The leaves of Pingaicula are greasy to the touch hence its 

 name from pinguis, fat. Its common name, Butterwort, 

 is for the same reason. 



A short distance below the Chain of Rocks we heard 

 the sharp click of a mowing machine, a sign that we were 

 approaching the outer world again aiid beyond was a small 

 settlement (Mann Settlement) with further incontestable 

 evidence of civilization — a school house. A short dis- 

 tance below was Deeside, a settlement which contains 

 a church. On Green Island, near Deeside, we found 

 growing in great abundance the Blood-root [Sanguinaria 

 Canadensis) and the Pappoose-root [Caulophy Hum thalic- 

 troides) another St. John River plant. Here too we found 

 the Black Cherry [Prunus serotina). Soon we came to 

 the mouth of the Upsalquitch with a fine club house, 

 belonghig to the Upsalquitch Salmon Club, fronting on 

 the main river, and a little farther down a few yards 

 below the mouth of the Upsalquitch is the fishing lodge 

 of Dean Sage of Albany, the author of a finely illustrated 

 book on the Restigouche. 



Opposite the mouth of the Upsalquitch is tlie settlement 

 of Runnymede, on a rich alluvial meadow, the joint tribute 

 of the Upsalquitch and Restigouche. 



But the last bend in the river brought into view a 

 more imposing sight — the Squaw Cap Mountain and 

 about two miles north of it and a little on our left. Slate 

 Mountain. These twin peaks, the highest land along the 

 Restigouche, rise to the height each of two thousand feet, 

 or fully one thousand feet higher than the Sugar Loaf 

 at Campbellton. It was half past two o'clock that day 

 when we began the ascent of the Squaw Cap, and we were 



