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t'.»ok place the river followed its picturesque course ahout three 

 miles further than at jin^sent, and entered the sea hy a sudden 

 Itend and opening through the sandstone ledges. 



Tile low sandv bars and islands, as for instance Portage, Fox, 

 and Bay du \'in islanc's at the mouth of Miramiclii Ray, are all 

 wasting away. 



They were formed by the sea, aiul if the conditions under which 

 they were formed were constant, they would continue to grow. 



It is probable that the sinking of the sea bottom brings them 

 within tl)e rea(!h of lieavier waves, and therefo.e thev are being 

 destroyed, and, tlie large amount of sand which comjwsed them 

 l)eiug scattered over tliesea bottom, often more than offsets the in- 

 creased depth of the sea which would reiult from the depression. 



