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of the great fire of 1825. Bi-eadth, velocity, and course of the 

 flame. Great Darkness. Firing of woods by lightning. 

 Influence of fires on the quality of the land. The north-west 

 Miramichi. First and second growth of trees. Wisconsin 

 fever. Case of an Irish patient. Sales of land in the different 

 new States an index of the intensity of the fever. Improvers 

 at Chatham. Beautiful ploughing. A smashed carriage. A 

 second break-down. Bears and bear-traps in the woods. 

 Fallow-deer and wolves ; their appearance in the province. 

 Former abundance of wolves in the Atlantic States. Sweet- 

 fern meadow. Connection of physical characters and agricul 

 tural capabilities. Agricultural maps, their uses. Richibucto 

 and St Nicholas rivers. Hemlock-tree forests. Flow of sap 

 in the maple-tree affected by the direction of the wind. Pro 

 gress of clearing in the province. Alleged superior nutritive 

 power of the flour of winter wheat. Supposed richness of New 

 Brunswick in fossil fuel. Statements of local writers. Exag 

 gerated expectations. Tea dinner with an Irish settler. 

 Numerous bridges in the county of Kent. Wide liver mouths 

 and estuaries. Comparative influence of the Church of England 

 clergy. Settlements of single denominations. Practice of 

 the Roman Catholic French in this respect. Opening for set 

 tlers of the Free Church of Scotland. Cost of farms, . 31 



CHAPTER XVII. 



FROM RICHIBUCTO TO SHEPODY BAY, ROUND THE SOUTH-EAST 

 CORNER OF THE PROVINCE. 



Galloway and Glenelg settlements. Buctouche River. Shediac. 

 French settlement of Bai achois. Character of the south 

 eastern promontory of the province House-burnings. Idle 

 young men. Mr Murray s farm and success. Prudence as 

 necessary as knowledge. Red drift. Red rocks of Cape Tor- 

 nientine. An Irish settler s luck. Bay Verte and Joliecoeur 

 settlements. Rich land and cheerful houses. Proposed Canals 

 and Railways. Cumberland fort and ridge. Extent of the 

 Sackville and Amherst marsh-lands. Produce they are capable 

 of yielding in corn and cattle. Town of Amherst. Minudie 

 flats.- Blue mud. Deposits of gypsum. Abadeaus, or river- 

 sluices. Town of Sackville. Geological section and structure 

 of this valley. A prosperous Aberdonian. Bogs in the upper 

 part of the marsh. Improvement by warping. Canals for the 

 purpose. Town of Dorchester. River Mernramcook. She- 

 pody Ferry, . . . . . . .60 



