42 BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



" New Brunswick." 



In the course of Dr. Gesner's geological survey of Xew 

 Brunswick, he picked up a great deal of information on its 

 natural history and resources. This information he embodied in 

 a work published in London a few years after the close of his 

 survey, bearing the above title.* 



The first three chapters are given to the history of the 

 province, £rst as a part of ancient Acadia, and then as a part of 

 the Province of Nova Scotia, and finally as a province by itself. 

 Another chapter is given to the boundary disputes and a general 

 description of the country, and a fifth chapter to the native 

 Indians or aVjorigenes of the province. 



This chapter describes the character, customs, dress, dwell- 

 ings, etc., of the two triljes which have inhabited the province 

 since it became known to Europeans. 



A long chapter is devoted to a description of the topography 

 of the province, that of each county being given separately, 

 with valuable information relative to the settlements, lumbering, 

 soil, minerals and fisheries. Agriculture forms the subject of 

 another chapter, in which the climate is favorably spoken of, the 

 forest trees described, and directions are given for applying 

 manure and clearing up the wild land. 



The author devotes considerable space to an historical account 

 of the colonial fishing rights and of the aggressions of the 

 American fishermen. The timber trade, the manufacture of 

 lumber and the export trade in this commodity, also receives 

 much attention from Dr. Gesner in this book. 



The next chapter treats of the population of New Brunswick, 

 and of its religious, social and political status. An examination 

 of this chapter will show the great increase in the material 

 prosperity of the province since this book was written. The 

 imports and exports have gi'eatly increased, and there has been 

 a like increase in the matei'ial conifoit and prosperity of the 



* New Bioinswick, with Notes for EmiKraiits, by Abraham Qtsner, Surgeon, 

 F. G. S., etc., London, 1847. 



