408 PROSPEEOUS LUMBER-TRADE. 



The soil at tlie foot of the hills in this neighbourhood 

 is much infested with the Galeopsis tetraJiit — the day- 

 nettle, as it is called here. And the curious thing about 

 it is, that the seeds of this weed are often turned up in 

 hoards or nests, of handfuls at a time, especially upon 

 new land. Some animal of course has collected them, 

 and stored them away for winter food. 



Crossing again to the New Brunswick side, I started 

 for Dalhousie, sixteen miles down the river, and at the 

 mouth of the harbour. Both Campbelton and Dalhousie 

 are new towns. Twenty years ago there were only 

 three houses in Dalhousie, and only one old house where 

 Campbelton now stands. Both are already considerable 

 places, and contain together upwards of 2000 of a fixed, , 

 besides the less stationary lumbering population. 



The lumber-trade, which in so many other parts of 

 New Brunswick has failed, and given rise to much dis- 

 content, was described to me as being on the Kestigouche 

 as prosperous as ever. But the mode of conducting it 

 has been changed. Instead of making advances, as 

 formerly, to persons who led out parties into the woods, 

 and delivered the timber in spring to the merchant at 

 a price, the merchant now engages his own gangs of 

 cutters, places his foremen over them, provides their 

 supplies, and the logs when they arrive are his own. 

 Measures are taken also to diminish or do away alto- 

 gether with the enormous commissions and agents' 

 charges, which, on both sides of the Atlantic, have 

 hitherto stood so much in the way of a steady and fairly 

 profitable transaction of business on the part of the 

 manufacturer, or of the merchant exporter. 



The Bay de Ohaleur, and Restigouche harbour and 

 bay, are somewhat famous in the history of this colony. 

 The French first colonised this river, and established 

 forts and settlements upon it. British fleets and troops 

 have fought in it, and the remains of French defences 



