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Gill (.'h. — On the Eestigouche for the ravines by which the smaller brooks 



enter ; extended also to the brooks themselves. 

 Gully. — (Doulitless French goulet, with the same meaning.) On the 



Xorth Shore for narrow entrance to a lagoon. 

 Head. — The points with cliffs and rounded tops along the Bay of Fundy. 

 Heath (pr. hayth). — In Charlotte for the barrens. 

 Horseback. — A narrow gravel ridge. 

 Intervale (pr. interval). — The alluvial flats along rivers. 

 Island. — Also high land in the midst of a marsh. 

 Keyhole. — On Grand Lake for a round harbour or cove with narrow 



entrance. . 

 Lagoon. — On the Xorth Shore for the lake like mouths of rivers formed 



b}" the sandy islands. Perhaps only a map name. 

 Marsh (pronounced often mash). — For both fresh and salt water. 

 Mountain. — For small hills, when largest in that vicinit3^ 

 Neck. — A narrow isthmus. 

 Nubble. — In Charlotte for a small detached mass of rock near a high 



shore. 

 Oxbow. — A bend in a stream that turns completely back on itself. 

 Passage. — A place between islands, navigable by vessels, on salt Avater. 

 Plains. — About St. John for the blueberry barrens. 



Point (pronounced pint). — Also for })rojection of high land into a marsh. 

 Pond. — Csed only for very small lakes and rarely with any other word. 

 Portage. — A road around a fall or between streams. 

 Quickwater. — Sometimes used for water running rapidly but not broken 



by rapids. 

 Rapids. — Where the water is broken, white and with some abrupt fall. 

 Pavine. — Locally in Kings for the deep v-shaped valley of a small stream. 

 Peach. A straight stretch on a river on which sailing craft can make 



long tacks. 

 Pidge. — Pai'ticularly in Charlotte for long glacial hills. 

 Pips (sometimes ripplings). — Water less broken than in rajjids, as when 



over gravel bars. 

 Sea-wall. — A gravel or boulder ridge thrown up by the waves. 

 Settlement. — Parely village. 

 .Stillwater. — (Now little used.) A smooth place in a stream which 



is usually rough. 

 Stream. — Larger than brook, smaller than river. 



Swale. — A low wooded place, through which at times water may tîow. 

 Thoroughfare. — A passage between lakes on the same level. 

 Tickle. — At Mirainichi. for a narrow passage between island and shore. 

 Thrum or Thum-cap. — Like Nubble, but larger. 

 Tote-road. — A road to a camp over which supplies are taken. 

 Upland. — Higher land along a river ; to contrast Avith intervale. 

 Vale. — In combinations, imported. 



