416 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Westmorland line as established in 1785, when drawn upon DesBarres’ 
map of 1780 (Map No. 15), follows nearly the watershed between the 
Kennebecasis and Petitcodiac. It was soon found that the map was 
here erroneous in making the Petitcodiac head too far to the westward, 
and in 1787 the line was changed to the actual watershed between the 
two rivers. Again, the lines of Gloucester do not entirely enclose the 


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Map No. 36. To illustrate the relation between county lines and watersheds. 
Nepisiguit, though I think there is no doubt it was intended they 
should, as the maps of the time mostly implied they would. Other 
cases will be found cited in the more particular discussion of these 
lines below. 
Turning now to consider the topography of the province in rela- 
tion with its county lines, we observe first that the navigable waters 
of the province fall naturally into three great groups, the Bay of 
