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The immediate banks of streams are bordered by the 
ubiquitous alder, amid which in autumn glow the rich 
berries of the mountain ash. On the higher summits the 
vegation is of course more scanty, and in the Shickshocks, 
as already described, these are often quite bare of trees. Of 
herbaceous plants there is, of course, in the district as a 
whole, a considerable variety, but little has yet been done 
in working out the details of their distribution. Of those 
occurring in the vicinity of Lake Temisconata a pretty full 
list has been published by Mr. J. J. Northrop (Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club, Noy., 1887), and supplemented by another pre- 
pared by Mr. Ami of the Geological staff. With few ex- 
ceptions the species named are the same as those found in 
the valley of the St. John river, but many forms, both of 
trees and herbs, common in the latter have not yet been 
noted in the hilly district to the north. The following list 
embraces a few forms observed by the author on the banks 
of the upper St. John, near Fort Kent, Parnassia Caroliniana 
Tanacetum Huronense, Oxytropus Campestris, Veratrum viride 
Hedysarum boreale, Allium Shoenoprasum, Heracleum lanatum, 
Rosa blanda, Lilium Canadense, Potentilla fruticosa, Anemone 
Pennsylvanica, Thalictrum dioicum, Castilleia pallida, Silene 
inflata, Diervilla trifida, Lysimachia stricta, Brunella vulgaris, 
Pyrola secunda, P. elliptica, 
As to animal life, the same forms are found as occur in 
the less inhabited parts of our uwn province. Bears are 
very common, and red-deer and caribou but little less so, 
while moose are comparatively rare. Both birds and 
insects present considerable variety, but as yet have been 
but little studied. The remarkable clearness and coolness 
of the streams, and the depth of the lakes, are especially 
favorable for the development of fishes, and few regions in 
the world can excel in attractions for the sportsman, those 
afforded by the waters of the Restigouche and its tributaries, 
the Cascapedia, the Matane and the Grand Metis. In the 
larger lakes, in addition to trout, are found the white fish, 
the toque and the tuladi. ‘Turtles, sometimes of large size, 
were often seen basking on the muddy banks of streams, 
