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in;it;'iiilic( nt pr(prniscs of ('ol(>;ii>:;iiinii roads (luriii'j;' I'li-ctiop. tiiucs ;md 

 whjrli w<T<' iiilerwards al.>;ii!d')ni'(l lo ihcir (uvii rcsourci's, !'.)uii(l tlifin- 

 st'lvi's riipidly dcscvt* d In' lln ir iirst sfil !■ rs orrcduccd lo wjiiL in j>'>vt'rly 

 and scrvitud;' loi' the ooiiipldioii of Llu' luiserahlt' roads (•(uiimoJici'd sonio 

 liiii ' Ix'l'ori'. 



AVhilc Oil iiii;- sul)j'( I ] i';;unot hiv lui) nm 'h sti'^^^s on nw" iniporlaut 

 jioiiil and llial is that, wiiliour uiod^si !)i'ovi;iri;il r-'SDiirc^'s and llu'im- 

 lH>s-iliilily ill which w-: lind < ui'Si'l v. s id'opt'iiinj;' all th-' nccossarv moans 

 td ( oiiiinnnication. wo nuisl abs(dal.(dy oonllno oursdvo.s lo niakuia' and 

 osp^'cially lo compiiMin'^' a icriai)i numh.vor roads raili'rtha ; cfjiuiu 'injo 

 a jir. at<M' nniiihi-r lo ph-aso niori- ]i('oid'' and satisfy luoro oxiiVv-noi ■« aud 

 tli'-n l)c (•niii]).lh(l to loavc th ni unconrpli-lrd. Thi' ooai]>l.'i:'d roads, at 

 leas,, aro olii-;' whcro il)>'y ar^' .iiadtv whih' ooinnii'noi'inonis ol'roadfi arc 

 nsi'n .-s cvi ry wlnrt' and (K)notliinL; hut causi' (lis onii'iit atnonu,'.4 the popu- 

 lati;iii oi' till' ih'wly sollL'd i):uis oi' lii,' ooviiilry. 



III. 



AV(> hav' now roardiod Malano, oiu^ ol'lli^ niosl roninrkahh- phu'.-s iu 

 Provincv- and cTtainly ono oj' ihosp wlioso ruturo is ihc most promising 

 and assured. 



Th travdh-r, on ariivinii al Ma.ian^', ini .djscrving- its port, ih- rirt'V 

 wdiich Talis iiuo it. i h' nuuh ruus and cxi'Misivi' l)uildin<.>'s iii the village 

 <»r liiihor ihc small lowii, thi' iarii'i' stores. Iho saw mills, the anitu itiou 

 whieh pit'vails every whv're. the enormous piles of deals on tho wharves 

 reailv lo 1) ' lraiisi:or.ed in liii'hteis to th ■ sliij)-- anrhored iu the oiling, on 

 obs ivinii', i sav. this spei I :iele to whiidi lie has l);('n uiiacuslonK'd since 

 he Itdl the iiiige aiul poj)iilou,-. eeni res. h.' asks hims'dt how il liapi>'ns (hat 

 such a place should still 1) ' so iar IVom railway eommunie;itiou a'ul his 

 mind natural iv reverts io the I'roviiu- ■;; oi Ontario. Nova Scotia atid Xwv 

 lirunswiek, where many pla>'. s, \vhi<di some years auo were lost in the 

 t'oresi. hut situated wher. ilo- spirit o;' <'nterprise aiul an inlelliy,' lu lore- 

 ea'si (d' t h'' Int ure hi'ld out will I'ound'd hopes, ar.' m>w provid hI with 

 hraiiidi lin; s putlinii' them in eomuiiinieatiou with rh • [irineipal cities 

 and lind t hei r p. ipiihition iiicveasinu' to such an extent as to make lh''in 

 towns ol'th' third or lourih ordej'. 



We .se(> l)-|'ore us an imi) >i'l;'. n; t'twn en' the i'uiure. .lav'.ques Ciuiier, 

 on his third voyau'c to Canada, ha<l r>'m:irk 'd and esi>eciaily m 'Utioned 

 the port ol Matau.'. Alt'rwards l'a[>U)iii Ivtyli dd. w!ioto,!<^ ^oundii.'i'; in 

 all the \\ alers o! til,' St Lawrence and who eompil'd cliarls which have 

 since l)e(Mi US'd by all na\ iu'ators, slated thai on the south shore there 

 werv' only two sea-poits. at Matau ' and al Die; th' iaiter i-. dn'adi'd by 

 seam ii bec;ins • in ten and lilieen lalhoms ot waUr lU're are tuiormous 

 bcuiMeis which arc a soun'C oi' great danuer, while there ,'xists ut)thing of 

 the kind at Mataiie. 



