Xll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



NEW BRUNSWICK. 



Object of the Chapter. — Description of St. John's River. — First Falls. — Con- 

 tiguous Country. — "Mars Hill." — Prospect. — Grand Falls. — The Aca- 

 dians, curious Facts respecting them. — The Mirimachi River. — Immense 

 amount of Timber shipped. — Riots. — State of Morals. — The great Miri- 

 machi Fire. — Hurricane. — Destruction of Human Life. — Area of the Fire. 

 — Vessels in Harbor. — Painfully disgusting Sights. — Destruction among 

 Fish. — Fire, rapidity of Progress. — Curious instance of Escape. — Risti- 

 gouche River, its Length — Capacious Harbor. — Appearance of the Coun- 

 try. — High Banks. — Groves of Pine. — A Statistical'Table Page 244 



LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. 



Frontispiece — Moose Deer. 



Shooting Deer — Black Bear Page 49 



Winter Quarters of Lumbermen 69 



Log Hauling — Process of Loading Logs 95 



The Common Wolf 113 



Log Tavern in the Wilderness 146 



River Drivers Breaking a Jam 165 



A Coaster ascending the Penobscot for Lumber 187 



View of the Penobscot — Forests and Lakes northeast from Ktaadn 189 



Northeast View of Mount Ktaadn, from the west Branch of the Penob- 

 scot 199 



Godfrey's Falls, on the Seboois River 208 



Chase's Mountain, as seen from Sugar-loaf Mountain 211 



Sugar-loaf Mountain, on the Seboois River 225 



View of Lily Bay, on Moose-head Lake 228 



Skowhegan Falls, on the Kennebeck 231 



Rumford Falls, on the Androscoggin 235 



View of Umbagog Lake — Source of the Androscoggin 237 



Frye's Falls, on a Tributary of Ellis River 238 



Rumford Bridge, Androscoggin River 239 



Aroostook Falls 250 



