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yet of good stock and show interesting racial features; if not eminnet 
in any single respect, they nevertheless average extremely well. They 
are democratic, moral, law-abiding, and solid, honest and clean as the 
splendid north country they livein. Contrasting political changes have 
given incident and movement to their past, and there is not wanting the 
pathos of struggle and suffering and exile, and the joy of triumph, prosper- 
ity and hope. There come into view in succession the roving Indian, the 
hurrying explorer seeking a passage to the west, the picturesque French 
fur-trader, the colonizing Englishman, the independent New Englander, 
the exiled Loyalist and the sturdy immigrant from Europe, these giving 
us a series of distinct periods each with incidents, charms and results of 
its own. 
SECTION I.—THE PHYSIOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF 
New Brunswick. 
As this subject is the one I know the best, and most local historians 
the least, I shall outline it somewhat fully, giving to the subsequent topics 
much briefer treatment. 
In its ideal it should contain the clean-cut statistical science of to-day 
combined with the simple appreciation of nature of White or Thoreau. 
It should everywhere keep prominent the idea of comparison. It should 
treat in order : 
Chapter I.—Introduction, pointing out the effect of environment 
upon the history of a people, with illustrations drawn from other lands 
and times, and outlining the topics to be treated and the logic of their order. 
Chapter IJ.—The place of New Brunswick in comparative geo- 
graphy ; absolute and relative size; position on the earth’s surface, 
relation to land and water surface of the globe and to great routes of 
travel. Illustrated by diagrams to show to the eye facts of relative size 
and position. 
Chapter I1].—General Geology and Topography of the Province. 
Present contour depends upon past geological history and is the aggre- 
gate or resultant of it, and every physical feature of the landscape is 
traceable to a geological origin. The formations from the Laurentian 
down should be traced, together with the effect of each upon New Bruns- 
wick as it is to-day, including the extremely important glacial period so 
far reaching in its relation to productions and settlement. Illustrated by 
maps showing the geography at the successive periods, the present water- 
sheds and slopes, ete. 
Chapter IV.—The particular Geology and Topography of the Pro- 
vince. Dividing it into sections, based upon the most natural divisions, 
as for instance into the greater slopes, the Restigouche, Bay Chaleur, 
Nepisiguit, North-east Corner, Miramichi, Northumberland Strait, Petit- 
codiac, Bay of Fundy, St. John, and Passamaquoddy, these should be 
