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sociable little society. Besides the ordinary ways in 

 which pleasant people are able all over the world to 

 amuse and be amused, in their leisure hours the inhabi- 

 tants of Frederictbn have the most ample opportunities 

 for delightful rides, drives, canoeing parties, skating 

 parties, sleighing parties, trabogening, &c., &c. It is also 

 a very good central position for the sportsman. 



There are two or three new settlements on the upper 

 St. John river, one of Danes at a place called New Hellerup, 

 a short way below Grand Falls, another of Scotchmen at 

 Glassville. This is a fertile tract of country, and although 

 the winters are long and severe, good crops can be grown. 

 This district was formerly (when the navigation of St. John 

 river was closed) very inaccessible. It is now connected 

 with both the United States and the chief cities of the 

 Dominion by the recently constructed railways. 



In old times the Indian when he travelled "portaged" 

 his canoe from the St. Lawrence to the head waters of the 

 St. John, a distance of only a few miles. At the present 

 day a canoe voyage down the St. John is one of thei 

 pleasantest imaginable. For a distance of nearly 400 miles 

 there are only two " portages," and, unlike most Canadian 

 rivers, the St. John is quite free from rocks or dangerous 

 rapids. The scenery is beautiful ; forest-clad hills in the 

 background, pretty settlements sloping down to the banks 

 of the river, and charming islands in endless numbers and 

 of many sizes and shapes. On these the voyageur finds 

 famous camping grounds and abundance of firewood. 

 Every here and there rivers and pretty streams discharge 

 their waters into the parent stream, sometimes tumbling 

 over picturesque falls. The St. John only requires to be 



