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strewn our pathway for four or five miles become fewer, and we have 

 a few gravelly stretches to our great relief, although they are soon 

 succeeded by rocky ledges and shallower water. 



The country has become more mountainous and the mountains are 

 close to us on both sides of the river. Bald Mountain has been in 

 sight since Saturday, and on Monday afternoon, at three o'clock we 

 land at the point nearest to it and pitch our tent, intending to climb 

 at early dawn on the following morning. Near us was situated a 

 " bear camp," where the lumbermen store supplies of flour and salt 

 pork for use the following winter. They are made very strong, to 

 resist the attacks of bears, who f requently, however, get into them by 

 tearing off portions of the roof. We had been authorized before 

 leaving Bathurst to get into this one, bear fashion, and help ourselves 

 if we ran short of supplies, but fortunately we were not in need. 



Here was noticed Euphrasia officinalis and other foreign plants 

 which had followed the lumbermen up from the coast. I had not 

 noticed this plant at the camping sites on the Restigouche, while of 

 the introduced plant Silene inflata, noticed in such abundance on that 

 river, not a vestige was to be seen on the Nipisiguit. Such are some 

 of the vagaries of that vagrant class of plants known as weeds ! 



We started at 5.20 next morning to climb Bald Mountain, and in 

 about an hour reached the summit without any difficulty. From the 

 top a beautiful panorama was presented to the view. We could trace 

 the outline of the Nipisiguit from Grand Falls to its source in the 

 Nipisiguit lakes, near which lay a number of high peaks, among them 

 Bald Mountain of the Tobique rising from Lake Nie.tor. To the south 

 stretched hills and mountains, descending to the eastward in ranges of 

 low hills. The height of the Nipisiguit Bald Mountain above the Bay 

 de Chaleur is given by Mr. Ells in the Geological Report as 1922 feet. 

 There is a mountain to the north, on the opposite side of the river, 

 with a bare summit nearly if not quite as high as this. The air on 

 the top was bleak and cold, and even with our coats on we were glad 

 at times to seek the shelter of an overhanging rock, although the day 

 in the valley below was warm, even sultry. 1 found the vegetation 

 rather interesting, with several boreal plants and the trees and shrubs 

 all of stunted growth. The following is a list of the plants observed ■' 

 Varciitium uliyiiioswm (its first recorded appearance in this province)) 

 V. I'i'iiiisi/1 i-ii Him m, V. vitis-Idcea, Nemopa/nihes Canadensis, Pinus 

 Strobus, I', resinosa, I'. Banksia/na, Larix Americana (first place that I 

 had seen it on this river), Picea mora, /'. all>a, Abies baiaamea, Kalmia 



