241 BAY OF CHALEUR. 



On the Canadian side of the river, opposite Campbelton, 

 is Bourdo Point, the scene of a combat between the French 

 and English. Looking up-stream from here, the Eesti- 

 gouche presents the appearance of a lake walled in on all 

 sides by mountains. Below, on two opposite points, may 

 be seen the villages of Campbelton and the Mission ; the 

 former overtopped by the sugar-loaf, while in the distance 

 the waters of the bay stretch away towards the Blue 

 Mountains of Gaspe". Near here is the commencement of 

 an old military road leading to Quebec, called the Kempt 

 Road, after a British general of that name. It is merely 

 a track, but until quite recently the mails were carried 

 this way to Quebec, on horseback in summer, and by 

 dog sled in winter. 



Some time since a Californian miner, who happened to 

 be passing through this " portage" road, found indications 

 of gold ; and having purchased the contiguous land, he 

 brought his family with him, and built a house. He pro- 

 cured the assistance of an Indian, and for three years 

 these two men dug perseveringly, but with no result. At 

 last means of subsistence failed, and the Californian died 

 in want, believing to the last that his house was built on 

 gold. I had the curiosity to visit the scene of the poor 

 fellow's labours, a 20 mile ride from Bourdo through the 

 wilderness. It is a wild and dreary place ; the house is 

 in a valley on a little river, shut in by great hills, which 

 were then covered from top to bottom with blueberries. 

 Through the blueberry bushes giant boulders protrude, 

 and charred rampikes bristle. What a place for a man to 

 live and die in ! But where will men not go for gold ? I 

 procured specimens of the quartz, which abounds in great 

 quantities, and submitted them to a mineralogist, who, 



