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any ; and the passage of the logs add materially to their fan- 

 tastic features. 



After escaping from the gorge below, the Nepissiguit pur- 

 sues a quiet course between low banks for a little more than 

 three miles, and then tumbles over a succession of ridges 

 called the " Chain of Eocks." Three or four miles further 

 down is another charming spot known as the Middle Land- 

 ing. Just below this spot is a splendid pool with a pretty 

 rocky island in it, called Betaboc, or " Rock Island in the 

 Long Pool." A pleasanter camping-ground can hardly be 

 imagined. The scenery of these several localities is by no 

 means imposing, but it is full of interest to those who love 

 the wayward and fantastic play of the purest waters, and all 

 those indescribable charms peculiar to the lone wilderness. 

 Still farther down the river, and seven miles from Bathurst, 

 are the Pabineau or Cranberry Falls, which consist of a series 

 of chutes and small falls, declining, perhaps, within the space 

 of half a mile, at an angle of thu'ty degrees. The rocks, 

 which are a gray granite, frequently present the appearance 

 of massive masonry, so square and regular are they in form, 

 while some isolated blocks look as if they had just been pre- 

 pared for the corner-stones of a stupendous edifice. Although 

 located in a dense forest, the rocks slope so gently and con- 

 veniently, and yet so boldly, to the very margin of the rapids 

 and pools, that one can enjoy the various prospects, both np 

 and down the river, with the greatest ease and comfort. 

 Midway between the Pabineau Falls and the mouth of the 

 Ncpissiguit, there is a long reach of the river known as the 

 Rough Waters, where a number of huge rocky barriers have 

 been thrown across the stream by a convulsion of Nature ; 

 the effect of this strange scenery Avould be gloomy and de- 

 pressing, were it not for the superb pools of deep and dark 

 water which take the fancy captive and magnetize the 

 nerves of the angler. 



This river is leased by Nicholson of St. John, and three 

 other gentlemen. 



