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This comprehensive plan, even though not carried out, entitles 

 Lieut. Owen to a place in the list of naturalists who have worked in 

 New Brunswick, and his name would come next afcer that of Nicolas 

 Denys, whose natural history of the Maritime Provinces, published at 

 Paris in 1672, is the foundation work for our natural history. 



12. — On the Physiography of the Basin of the Mahood 

 (Lepreau) Lakes. 



Read April 5th, 1898. 



At the head of the Lepreau River lies a chain of small lakes known 

 to a few fishermen but hitherto un visited by any naturalist. No officer 

 of the Geological Survey has been there, and, aside from a brief mention 

 of them in one geological report, there does not seem to be a single 

 reference to them in all scientific literature. The published maps show 

 them inaccurately in details, and the manuscript plans in the Crown 

 Land Office differ much from one another and from the actual geography. 

 There is perhaps no part of the province so near to settlements which 

 ds so little known. Last summer, with three companions, I spent two 

 •weeks — July 10th-24th — on the lakes and river, and, although we 

 found little of interest, it is, nevertheless, some satisfaction to know 

 just what kind of a country it is from the scientific standpoint. 



Most of the lakes in this chain were first surveyed and mapped in 

 1837 by William Mahood, Deputy-Surveyor for Charlotte County. As 

 there is no name in use for them taken collectively, I have ventured 

 to apply Mahood's name to them, to preserve the memory of a worthy 

 man and skilful surveyor, who did more than any other to make known 

 the geography of Charlotte County. His name is already applied on 

 some maps to the lake commonly called Disappointment or Mistake 

 Lake, which, though not shown on the accompanying map, may be 

 considered as belonging to the same series. The names of these lakes 

 were apparently all given by Mahood — Victoria in honor of the young 

 Queen who in that year came to the throne, Adelaide for the Consort 

 of the King who had just died, Ormond in honor of an Irish Earl from 

 near whose seat Mahood had come ; while Tomoowa, now obsolete, 

 seems Indian, and is perhaps that of a guide. Long Lake is descrip- 

 tive, but was not added until after the others, which is true also of 

 Robinson's Pond. Six miles to the southeast, and emptying into the 

 Lepreau, lie two other lakes, now commonly known as the Hurd Lakes, 

 but on the maps called Coronary and Rooskey, and these names also, 

 as the late Mr. Andrew Inches has told me, were given by Mahood in 



