130 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
THE NEPISIGUIT. 
The physical features and flora of the Nepisiguit river differ in 
many respects from those of the Restigouche, although the streams 
run parallel and at no great distance apart. The bed of the Nepisi- 
guit is an interminable succession of rocks and shingle, while that 
of the Restigouche is everywhere overlaid with gravel. There are 
ew terraces on the Nepisiguit, while these are picturesque features 
of the Restigouche, especially where they are crowned with fishing 
lodges, the summer abodes of anglers. The flora of the Nepisiguit 
is less interesting and varied than that of the Restigouche, affording 
fewer rare plants, especially ferns and those boreal species brought 
down from the hills and mountains of Quebec. The Restigouche 
has comparatively low land along its upper course, the country rising 
into hills and mountains along its lower stretches. In the portions 
of the Nepisiguit towards the mouth, especially above Grand Falls, 
the hills are low, but the land gradually rises as the river is ascended 
until altitudes of from 1,000 to 2,500 feet are met with along its 
upper waters and at its source. The Nepisiguit has only one tribu- 
tary of any importance, the South West Branch, which is nearly 
equal in size and volume to the main stream. Many islands occur 
in the Nepisiguit river, a few clothed with grass, but many more 
covered with a growth of trees, some of considerable size. Elms and 
butternuts covered the islands and adjacent meadows along portions 
of the upper river, and the arboreal vegetation is more varied 
than on the Restigouche. There were ample groves along the river 
of the scrub pine, Pinus Banksiana, some of these with large, straight 
trunks rising to the height of forty and fifty feet. Large groves of 
red pine, Pinus resinosa, were seen on the ridges around the head- 
waters of the Nepisiguit, their summits reaching to the height of 
eighty and even ninety feet. Unfortunately, large stretches along 
this river have been devastated by fire, which gives a bleak and deso- 
late character to much of the country. 
One of the rarest plants met with was Aster linariifolius at 
Pabineau Falls, its only known station in the province. On the 
summit of Mount Denys, from whose bald top, nearly 2,000 feet high, 
an extended view is obtained of north-eastern New Brunswick, includ- 
ing the whole valley of the Nepisiguit from the lakes at its source 
to the sea, there were a few boreal types of plants, including Vacci- 
nium uliginosum, V. Vitis-Idea, Empetrum nigrum and others. All 
along the river, Huphrasia officinalis was seen with other familiar 
weeds in the track of the lumberman, but not a vestige could be 
