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I am convinced of its truth ; degrees of doubt are expressed by " doubt- 

 less " (or " no doubt "), '-probably," " possibly," etc. 



In the mode of spelling of names I have attempted to impose no 

 system, but simply to reflect the best usage, and where this is divided to 

 suggest wliich are the best forms. 



In the pronunciation I have used none of the special systems which 

 have been invented, because it seems to me more convenient to those for 

 whom this Avork is principally intended to use the moi'e familiar sounds, 

 a proceeding which I know well has, scientifically, great drawbacks. The 

 sounds used are as follows : 



a as in far. ee as in meet, 



ah as in expression ah ! ei as in height. 



aw as in law. i as in tin. 



ay as in hay. o as in not. 



e as in met. oo aâ in moon (at end of a syllable.) 



g always hard. oo as in cook (before a consonant. 



ch as In church. in same syllable). 



Every syllable is sounded as a distinct word. 



Other abbreviations as follows : 



= stands for '• means in English." 



P. for Parish. T. for Township. 



C. for County. S. for Settlement. 



A date after any of these means the year of its legal establishment. 



pr. loc. means pronounced locally. 



" Statutes " are those of New Brunswick. 



" Archives " are the annual volumes published by the Canadian 

 Government. 



All names in the dictionar}', unless extinct, or with locality given, 

 may be found marked upon Loggie's map or those of the G-eological 

 Survey. Extinct names are in italics. 



Aberdeen.— P. 1863. Doubtless in memory of the Earl of Aberdeen, Premier of 

 En-rland, 1852-1855. Died 1860. 



Aboushagan River. — Doubtless Micmac. A'a6oMJa5fan,1812, in Plessis. Acadian, 

 L'A hovjagane. 



tAcadia- — Origin not certain ; descended from the Larcadia of maps of the 16th 

 Century, and probably of European origin. 



It is usually said to come from the termination acadie, common in Mic- 

 mac place-names (see Bourinot, Cape Breton, Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, IX., 

 Sect. 11, p. :527) ; but not only is all analogy against this, but the his- 

 tory of the word is oppo.sed to it. Tracing it backward, it occurs as L<i 

 Cadie in DeMonts' commission of 1003, the earliest known use without 

 the r; Champlain, however, in the narrative of his 1603 voyage has 

 always Areadie, and in all earlier forms the r is always present. Thevet, 

 in his "Cosmographie" of 1570, has Areadie, and several earlier maps 



