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ones have been introduced. A curious example of this is found in a 

 scries of names along the Intercolonial Eailway, i.e. Quispamsis, Plum- 

 weeseep, Penobsquis, Passekeag, all of which, though Indian in form, are 

 simply translations into bad Maliseet of the local names Little Lake, 

 Salmon Eiver, Stones Brook, while Passekeag is a cross between two 

 other words. These names are said to have been made up by the sur- 

 veyors with help of a friendly Indian, with the approval, perhaps by 

 request of the president of the railroad commissioners, Mr. Jardine, and 

 came into use about 1856. 



An important phase of local place-nomenclature is the consideration 

 of its topographical names, for not only may any of these be used alone 

 as proper names, but they enter into all kinds of combinations with other 

 words to form the most distinctive place-names. 



A list of topographical terms actually used by the people of New 

 Brunswick, excluding mere book names, is as follows : 



Aboideau. — In Westmorland for the dike or dam itself. 



Backwoods. — The dense forest; also "the woods"; forest never used 

 except "forest fires." 



Barachois. — Acadian, a lagoon at mouth of a river. From Bari'e à 

 cheoir (Ferland). 



Barren. — The open plains and bogs covered with heath bushes. 



Bedoo or Pudoo. — (Doubtless French, perdu = lost.) A cul-de-sac or 

 branch without outlet, of a stream. Used on the Miramichi. 



Bend. — A sharp turn in a river. 



Began. — A marshy cove by a stream; also "bogan-hole." 



Brow. — A place for rolling logs into a stream. 



Canal. —For a thoroughfare in Charlotte. 



Channel. — The deepest part of a stream. 



Corner. — For a settlement at cross roads. 



Creek. — Pronounced locally crick. For a sluggish stream, especially 

 through meadows. 



Dale. — In combinations, imported. 



Deadwater. — A part of a stream with no perceptible current. 



Devil's slide, ovens, back, etc. — Applied to various places with something- 

 uncanny about them. 



Dike. — In "Westmorland for the marsh-lands reclaimed by dikes. 



Duck hole. — Sometimes for a reedy cove by a stream. 



Dugway. — A short artificial channel, as occasionally on the St. John, 



Dune. — Acadian, a sandy beach. 



Falls. — Sometimes used for rapids. 



Flat. — Same as intervale, and also short for mud-flats on tidal rivers. 



Follow. — A place in the woods newly burnt for cultivation. 



Forks. — Common for the place of branching of a river. 



