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accosted them with, ^ For heaven's sake, sav nothing 

 about the peddling. We have have been up to Maine, 

 and, as our wares were out, we took to the lecturing. 

 It's not a bad trade ; we have made sixteen dollars 

 a-day since we began. I take astronomy, and he does 

 the phrenology. We have been lecturing In Bangor, 

 and we have promised to go back. We had an invitation 

 to go down to Bucksport, but we heard of some people 

 there who knew quite as much as ourselves, so we 

 declined. Now, you won't say anything about the 

 peddling.' " 



We had returned to the St John, dined on its banks 

 at an inn, situated at the mouth of what is called 

 Buttermilk Creek, and had driven nearly thirty miles 

 further, when we found ourselves at the mouth of the 

 Tobique, a river which comes from the east, and falls 

 into the left side of the St John. This position is 

 remarkable for an extensive second interval or terrace, 

 of great extent, and of comparatively rich land, which is 

 all cleared and settled. Is finely cultivated and improved, 

 and is pleasant to the European eye, from the number of 

 well-built, clean, comfortable-looking houses, which are 

 spread over the flat. The place has also its Episcopal 

 church, and, on the whole, appeared to me rather an 

 enviable locality, though at present a considerable distance 

 from the world. It is opposite the mouth of the river 

 Tobique, which flows through a still, wild, but agricul- 

 turally capable country, which fifty years hence will 

 sustain a considerable population. This flat, therefore, 

 is likely to be the site of a future town of some importance. 



The upland here is also of good quality. A farm of 

 200 to 250 acres upon it, with 40 or 50 cleared, and a 

 good house, will sell at present for about a pound cur- 

 rency an acre. 



Three or four miles further of a pleasant drive brought 

 us to the mouth of the Aroostook river, which flows from 



