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of Scottish localities, will make a man at home in a 

 greater number of houses in New Brunswick than 

 almost any other qualification which a Briton can 

 possess ; and I think I spoke more broad Scotch during 

 my three months' tour in New Brunswick than I had 

 done during twenty years of my life before. 



On my previous tour upon the St John Biver, as we 

 were driving through a new settlement, a farmer and hi% 

 staff, who were cutting oats, stopped to look at us. I 

 was told he had come from Paisley, so we pulled up to 

 talk to him. " Would you raither be staunin there, or 

 at the corner o' the Causeyside ?" I said to him. This 

 unexpected allusion to his native place went straight to 

 his heart. He stood for some time without reply, and 

 then said, — " Ah, sir, the Causeyside's a bonny place." 

 Those who know the kind of beauty possessed by the 

 Causeyside of Paisley will understand how much heart 

 and home affection was expressed by this word 

 " bonny." 



Among the Arran settlers on the Bestigouche, the 

 love of country which bound them to their island-home 

 has been transferred to the similar land of " mountain 

 and flood " in which they are located. After other lively 

 talk with a middle-aged thriving farmer, and comments 

 on the country, and comparisons with home, — " An"* is 

 na that hill like Goatfell?" pointing to the lofty 

 Tragadegash on the opposite Canadian shore. He could 

 scarcely express his assent ; and after our conversation 

 was ended, and I and my friend had entered the 

 carriage, he came warmly forward with his outstretched 

 hand, — " I maun hae anither shake o' yer ban', sir ; 

 ye're a real Scotchman." 



Above the flat lands there are settlers scattered along 

 the river some ten miles farther up, as far as the mouth 

 of the Upsalquitch, which I have already mentioned as 

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