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miles up tlie river, at Campbelltown, is a nice liouse 
owned by William Wilson, and the true plan is either to 
write to him to meet you at Fredericton, or drive over 
to his place. He will engage your men, aid you with 
the supplies, provide you with bread, besides making you 
generally comfortable, and you have gained so much in 
the ascent of the river. The stage from Boiestown runs 
to Chatham, and by that means you may continue to 
the Nipisiquit, but there is no reliance to be placed on 
it, and an extra from Fredericton to Chatham, one hun- 
dred and ten miles, costs thirty dollars. The stage fare 
is seven, and there is no telegraph to Boiestown. 
One of the most interesting ways of reaching the 
various rivers of ^ew Brunswick is by portaging from 
the head-waters of one into those of another. For 
instance, a steamboat leaves Fredericton semi-weekly, 
when the water is not too low, for the Grand Falls on 
the St. John ; a few miles above, the Grand River 
debouches, from the head-waters of which a short port- 
age of a few miles takes you into the Waugan, one of 
the branches of the Eestigouche, or you may stop below 
the Falls and ascend the Tobique, a noble river, full of 
salmon, but which, strange to say, will not take the fly, 
and from Lake ISTictou, the source of the Tobique, you 
can readily portage into Lake Nipisiquit, and by ascend- 
ing the main forks of the latter, a short portage puts 
you on the Uj)sal quitch, a branch of the Eestigouche, 
and abounding in salmon. Another confluent of the 
St. John, the Shiktahauk, is crossed at its head by the 
Eoyal Road, where a wagon can be had to convey your 
baggage to a branch of the Southwest Miramichi, and 
