NATURAL HISTORY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OP NEW BRUNSWICK. 49 



A List of the Heights above Sea Level of the Best-known 

 Hills of New Brunswick, with Authorities. 



[A., Admiralty Charts; B., Boundary Commissioners; M., William Mur- 

 doch; G., myself (see note 13 of this series); G. F., Geological Survey, Maps 

 of Formations; G. S., Geological Survey, Maps of Surface Geology.] 



Bald Mountain, Nictor— 2,537 (G. F.) 



Bald Mountain, South Branch Nepisiguit— 2,500 (R. W. Ells). 

 Squaw Cap — 2,000 (G. S. — probably on authority of Hind). 

 Bald Head, Victoria— 1,866 (G. F.) 

 Blue Mountain, Victoria— 1,724 (G. F.) 

 Mars Hill, Maine— 1,688 (B. C. and G. F.) 

 Moose Mountain — 1,030 (G. F.) 

 Nashwaak Mountain — 855 (G. F.) 



Bald Mountain, Queens— 1,120 (G. S.), 1,390 (M.), 1,462 (G.) 

 Shepody Mountain — 1,050 (A.) 

 Sugar Loaf, Restigouche — 950 (A.) 

 Mount Pleasant— 1,200 (G.) 

 Chamoook — 637, 627 'A.) 

 Ben Lomond — S50 (M.) 

 For fuller lists, see Hind (already referred to) and Bailey, Report, 1886, G. 6. 



6. — Dalhousie and Saint Andrews. — A Coincidence. 



Read June 1st, 1897. 



There is a curious likeness between the most northerly and most 

 southerly towns of JS~ew Brunswick — Dalhousie and Saint Andrews. 

 They stand where tidal rivers empty into salt bays, and circling about 

 them are superb hill and sea views, in which Dalhousie has the 

 advantage as to hills, and Saint Andrews as to water. Prominent in 

 their landscapes are the Lower Carboniferous sandstones, which bear 

 rich farms and wear into soft, red cliffs, contrasting beautifully with 

 the blue of the sea. Both places are summer resorts, with big hotels, 

 and the colors and chatter of the summer visitor in the streets. All of 

 this is due to similar physiographic environment. Both are extremely 

 neat, with tasteful, old-fashioned residences and gardens, which shows 

 something in common in their people, perhaps a large proportion of 

 thrifty Scotch. Both are regularly laid out, on ample scale, for both 

 were expected to be — and for a time were — the principal towns of 

 their counties. But the grass grows and quiet reigns in their streets, 

 though with them both there is that air of self-respecting submission 

 to the fall from better days which so often makes both places and 

 people charming. For both are being surpassed by neighbors far less 



