Section II., 1896. [ 175 ] Trans. R. S. C 



IX. — A Monograph of the Flaee-nomenclature of the Province of New 



Brunswick. 



(Contributions to the History of New Brunswick, No. 2.) 



By William F. Ganong, M.A., Ph.Dt 



(Presented by Dr. George Stewart, F.R.G.S., and read May 19, 1896.) 



CONTENTS. 

 Introduction. 



Part I. — An essay towards an understanding of the Principles 



OF Plaôe-nomenclature. 



1. On the Qualities of Place-mimes. 



2. How Place-names oria^inate, change, and persist oi- become ex- 



tinct. 



3. On the Investigation of Place-names. 



Part II. — The Historical Development of the Place-nomencla- 

 ture OP New Brunsavick. 



1. Nomenclature of the Indian Period. 



2. Nomenclature of the Explorers — Norsemen to Champlain. 



3. Nomenclature of the French Period. 



4. Nomenclature of the New England Period. 



5. Nomenclature of the Loyalist Period. 



6. Nomenclature of the Post-Loyalist Period. 



7. Present and Future of the Place-nomenclature of the Province. 

 Part II. — A Dictionary of the Place-names of New Brunswick. 

 Appendix. — Sources of Information. Bibliography. Cartography. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The scientific investigation of the principles and historical develo]> 

 ment of the place-nomenclature of particular countries is a study hardly 

 yet in esteem among us. It is the custom to consider it, in this country 

 at least, as an appropriate hobby for elderly men of leisure, but as hardly 

 worthy the serious attention and exact methods of trained investigators. 

 It is true, it does not represent the highest kind of histoiic research, 

 which consists in the elucidation of movements and institutions ; but it 

 surely deserves a leading place among those antiquarian studies, whose 

 function it is to throw side-lights upon history and supply it with details, 

 but which, at the same time, constitute to most men the greatest charm 

 of historical study. 



Sec. II., 1896. 12. 



