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favour of their own, which has never been known to freeze 

 over. The harbour of St. John is the mouth of the river 

 of that name, and the rapid current of the latter to- 

 gether with the high tides of the Bay of Fundy, which 

 rise from 40 to 60 feet, are an effectual remedy against 

 ice. 



The river St. John, which formerly drained only the 

 province of New Brunswick, is next to the St. Lawrence 

 the finest river in Canada. By the Ashburton Treaty, an 

 immense tract of land, including in its area several fine 

 tributary streams of the St. John, was handed over to the 

 United States. It thus happens that American lumber 

 has to be rafted down the St. John river, and shipped from 

 St. John harbour. This arrangement has been a continual 

 source of trouble in the regulation of the tariff, and might 

 at any time be a cause of ill-feeling or quarrel between the 

 two countries. From the Grand Falls of the St. John to 

 the Bay of Fundy, a distance of 220 miles, the river 

 flows through a level fertile country ; it averages from a 

 mile to half a mile in width, and is dotted with rich 

 alluvial islands, and its banks well settled. When the 

 river is high, steamers run up to the falls. They run to 

 Fredericton every day during the summer. 



Fredericton is to New Brunswick what Ottawa is to 

 the Dominion. It is commercially overshadowed by St. 

 John as Ottawa is by Montreal. The New Brunswick 

 Legislature meets at Fredericton, which is also the 

 residence of the Lieutenant-Governor of the province. 

 Fredericton is a charming town, beautifully situated 

 on the banks of the St. John ; it has a splendid library 

 a beautiful little cathedral, a real English bishop, and a 



