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from an organic malady which no care could 

 avert, made a happy home desolate, and cast a 

 shadow over many loving hearts. No one of us 

 anticipated a return to the Cascapedia more confi- 

 dently or with greater delight. But it was not to 

 be. We shall miss him > for he was the life and 

 inspiration of the camp, as he was the ever-wel- 

 come guest of every social circle. There only 

 remains to us the recollection of his pleasant ways 

 and joyous companionship. 



After his return home, and a few days before 

 his death, he gave expression to the memories he 

 cherished of the Cascapedia in the following beau- 

 tiful lines : 



THE CHALEUR BAY 1874. 



AFTER FATHER PROUT'S SHANDON BELLS. 



With deep affection, 



And recollection, 

 I often think of the Chaleur Bay; 



Whose river wild, would, 



In age or childhood, 

 Cast round men's fancies, its magic sway. 



There memory drifting 



The past uplifting, 

 Brings well-remembered scenes of summer time ; 



The sportsman's pleasure, 



Or grateful leisure, 

 On Cascapedia's pine-clad banks sublime. 



I've seen the river, 



That thundering ever, 

 Roars at Niagara its mighty tone, 



But the bosom smiling, 



All care beguiling, 

 Fair Cascapedia! 'tis all thy own. 



