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labour they undergo appears severe ; but I am told, by 

 those who have themselves gone through it, that it is 

 not really so severe as it appears to be, and that it is by 

 no means unpleasant. This is intelligible enough after 

 the anxieties and seasoning of the first year are over, 

 and the crops on the new land begin to ripen. One 

 comfort certainly attends it, the greatest of all earthly 

 ones, undisturbed good health. Ague and fever, as 1 

 have already said of the sea-coast of the province, are 

 unknown ; and a healthier set of children of all ages I 

 have never seen anywhere than greet the eyes of the 

 stranger all over this province. 



The slate rocks towards this upper part of the St 

 John become more calcareous, and beds of limestone 

 occasionally occur, which will afford an additional means 

 of advancement to the future agriculture of the country. 



The town of Colebrook is prettily situated, on a little 

 peninsula, formed by a sharp turn of the river St John, 

 which here precipitates itself perpendicularly over a 

 ledge of slate rocks from a height of 58 feet. It then 

 proceeds through a narrow rocky gorge of hard slate 

 for about three-quarters of a mile, in the course of which 

 it descends 58 feet more, making its total descent 116 

 feet. As a picturesque object the falls are very strik- 

 ing, when seen from the high over-hanging rocky 

 cliffs, and well deserve a visit. Economically, they 

 form a great reservoir of mechanical power, which on 

 some future day will, no doubt, be made available for 

 useful purposes. Some years ago saw - mills were 

 erected upon the edge of the falls on a large scale, and 

 expensive constructions made by the late Sir John 

 Caldwell, which brought many people about the place, 

 and for a time quickened the growth of the town. 

 These works, however, have been long ago abandoned ; 

 the buildings have been allowed to go to decay, and 



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