DRIVE TO ST ANDREWS. 147 



After dining at Macadavic, we drove off for St An 

 drews, a distance of only twenty miles, but over a road 

 of so hilly and almost mountainous a kind as to make it 

 a very severe journey for our horses, and a very tedious 

 one for us. Our road led us nearly all round Passama- 

 quoddy Bay, and as the general strike of the rocks of 

 the country is north-east and south-west, we were 

 obliged in this detour to cross the extremities of all the 

 ridges which terminate in this bay. Thus, in addition 

 to swamps and rocks and barrens, similar to those of 

 the previous day, we had also a succession of long 

 ascents and descents, such as I had not crossed since I 

 left the shores of the St Lawrence on my way to 

 the Eestigouche. In going down one of these long 

 hills, and while we had still a long descent before us, 

 one of the outer traces became unhooked 5 the horse 

 a young one became restive and unmanageable ; the 

 harness became detached from its collar so that it could 

 not hold back, the pace of the carriage increased, and 

 everything frightful became probable. The skill and 

 presence of mind of my companion Mr Wilmot, how 

 ever, aided by the steadiness of the other horse, and its 

 habit of obeying his voice, kept us upright until AVC 

 were brought up all standing in the ditch at the bottom 

 of the hill. But the young horse had become nervous, 

 and showed considerable uneasiness every succeeding 

 descent we came to, which made a safe conclusion to our 

 journey somewhat problematical. To add to our per 

 plexities, another pitchy night came on, while we had 

 still six miles to go, and several steep hills to descend. 

 The dark frown of the Chamcook Mountain, at the foot 

 of which the road ran, after we had crossed the Digde- 

 guash River^ blackened the air, and made our pace the 

 slower. But on reaching the mouth of the Chamcook 

 River, and the tiny village of that name, three miles 

 from St Andrews, our perplexities ceased. We passed 



