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Dalhousie, via Boston, Portland, Bangor, St. John 

 and Moncton. Early in June of this year, it is 

 expected that a much shorter route will be open 

 from Montreal and River du Loup, and so across 

 to the Bay of Chaleur. This route will greatly 

 lessen the distance to all the most noted salmon 

 rivers in the provinces.] 



There was, in the summer of 18Y4, a provoking 

 loss of twenty-four hours in making this journey, 

 as the time-tables were arranged, there being no 

 night train between Bangor and St. John, nor 

 between St. John and Shediac. So that, unless 

 you started right, you were detained a night at 

 each of these cities. But this proved no incon- 

 venience to those who " took no note of time," 

 for the principal hotels at Bangor and St. John 

 are tidy, home-like and elegant. This is especi- 

 ally true of the hotel at St. John (the Victoria), 

 which ranks with the best in any city. But to 

 those whose time is limited, and who would rather 

 spend a day on a salmon river than a month in a 

 palace, it is not so pleasant. 



Even those in a hurry find some compensation 

 for this delay in the attractive scenery which re- 

 veals itself at frequent intervals in the journey. It 

 is something to see the thrifty towns below Bangor 

 and the vast quantities of lumber and logs which 

 fill the rivers along which the road passes. It is 



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