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Eiver, hike, brook, cove, bluff, gorge, narrows, bog, cliff, vuUey, 

 swamp, etc., in their ordinary sense. 



Certain compounds are favourites and repeated over and over again. 

 Such are Bald Mountain, Mount Pleasant, Trout Brook, Long Island, 

 Hog Island, and, among the French, Cross Point, Mai Bale, etc. Resem- 

 blances to familiar objects give Sugar Loaf, Old Friar, repeated more 

 than once. The woi-d Folly is not rare, and probably expresses the 

 opinion of neighbours on an unfortunate business venture, as Pope's 

 Folly, Folly Point, etc. Brothers is a favourite for groups of small 

 islands and listers for small brooks near one another. The nomenclature 

 of the country people is of a primitive descriptive sort, homely enough, 

 but not unpicturesque, particularl}^ in that of the river drivers (see under 

 St. Croix and Magaguadavic). 



*7. The Present and Future of the Place-nomenclature of Nevj Brunswick. 



It will be of interest now to summarize the characteristics of our 

 place-nomenclature as a whole, to point out what remains to be done in 

 its study, and to draw from its past what lessons we can for use in the 

 future . 



In the aggregate our place-nomenclature is certainly varied and 

 attractive, probably more so than that of most new countries. It 

 contains words from at least five languages, illustrates most of the 

 known princijales of the giving and changing of place-names, com- 

 memorates nearly every important movement and most men prominent 

 in provincial history, illustrates the geographical movements of popula- 

 tion, reflects the phases of political feeling and growing local pride during 

 the past century, and in general gives vis a very satisfiactory system of 

 place-names. Its deficiencies consist in its lack of commemoration of 

 many of the founders of the province, its failure to reflect certain of its 

 historical events, and in the large number of very trivial names which 

 have been recently given to settlements. 



To review more specifically the more interesting features of our 

 place-nomenclature, we must note first of all the great number of Indian 

 names, many of which contain the qualities which mark the best place- 

 names, and of them Bestigouche, Aroostook^ Oromocto, Kennebecasis, 

 Patapedia, Cleuristic are melodious, dignified and unique. It is true there 

 are many much less pleasing ; in fact as concerns melody our Indian names 

 as a whole are not as great a success as we could wish. Descriptive names 

 of every sort occur for natural features, and commemorative names in 

 abundance for artificial divisions. Yery old nam.es of European origin 

 are B\ndy, Chaleur, and probably Acadiavinà Miramichi. We have names 

 of marked individuality in the made-up names Campobello, Collina, Erina 

 Kinysclear, and a certain poetiy in the Wolves. Cocagne and Utojyia, 



