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rocks was found the rare plant Aster linariifoHus, this being the only 

 known locality for it in the province. 



Our first camping ground was on the border of a thickly wooded 

 terrace near the head of the Falls, not far from the deserted "farm " 

 of " Bear " Walsh, a once mighty hunter, who gained the name from 

 his many contests with bears. His favorite plan was to dress in a 

 bear-skin, amble on all-fours through the woods, and come upon the 

 unsuspecting bruin, whom he invariably knocked out in the first 

 round. 



The Grand Falls of the Nipisiguit are less impressive than the 

 Grand Falls of the St. John, although the scenery is wilder. The 

 chasm through which the water pours by a series of pitches and 

 rapids is very narrow. The first pitch is about fifty feet high and a 

 second about twenty feet. After these plunges the dark waters pour 

 swiftly through a narrow gorge, three-fourths of a mile in length, 

 with perpendicular walls of rock on each side. So narrow is the 

 space between these opposing walls that in times of freshet it is said 

 sometimes to be completely filled, and the gorge becomes one long 

 rapid of seething tumultuous waters. 



The Woodsia Ilvensis was the fern most thoroughly established on 

 the rocks about the falls, with a few patches of Polypodinm vulgare. 

 The blue flowers of Campanida rotundifolia filled crevices wherever 

 its roots could secure a foothold. A few Habenarias and other 

 orchids, the Wild Onion (Allium Schcenoprasum), the yellow flowers of 

 Utricularia, Ranunculus, and others were found on the shores of the 

 stream above the falls. 



From Grand Falls to Indian Falls, thirty miles further up, the 

 river is very rough, and we had hired two guides to take us over this 

 part. Next morning we began the ascent in a large dug-out, in which 

 we were placed with our baggage, and our bark canoe was towed 

 alongside. A horse was attached to the dug-out with the driver on 

 his back. The other guide stood in the bow of the dug-out with a 

 long pole in his hand to fend off the vessels from the rocks. By such 

 conveyance as this it is possible to carry a large party and their 

 baggage up the river. As many as five or six dug-outs may be placed 

 side by side, and one horse, with skilful guiding to avoid shoals and 

 rocks, may pull the whole fleet up stream. But it is a very matter-of- 

 fact, even miserable, way to get up a stream. The water was pretty 

 low, the dug-out scraped on the rocks, and our course was slow, giving 

 abundant opportunity to observe the shores and the character of the 

 river. 



