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miles up the riyer, at Campbelltown, is a nice house 

 owned by "William Wilson, and the true plan is either to 

 write to him to meet you at Fredericton, or drive over 

 to his place. He will engage your men, aid you with 

 the supplies, provide you with bread, besides making you 

 generally comfortable, and you have gained so much in 

 the ascent of the river. The stage from Boiestown runs 

 to Chatham, and by that means you may continue to 

 the Nipisiquit, but there is no reliance to be placed on 

 it, and an extra from Fredericton to Chatham, one hun- 

 dred and ten miles, costs thirty dollars. The stage fare 

 is seven, and there is no telegraph to Boiestown. 



One of the most interesting ways of reaching the 

 various rivers of jN^ew Brunswick is by portaging from 

 the head-waters of one into those of another. For 

 instance, a steamboat leaves Fredericton semi-weekly, 

 when the water is not too low, for the Grand Falls on 

 the St. John ; a few miles above, the Grand Eiver 

 debouches, from the head-waters of which a short port- 

 age of a few miles takes you into the Waugan, one of 

 the branches of the Eestigouche, or you may stop below 

 the Falls and ascend the Tobique, a noble river, full of 

 salmon, but which, strange to say, will not take the fly, 

 and from Lake Nictou, the source of the Tobique, you 

 can readily portage into Lake Nipisiqnit,- and by ascend- 

 ing the main forks of the latter, a short portage puis 

 you on the TJpsalquitch, a branch of the Eestigouche, 

 and abounding in salmon. Another confluent of the 

 St. John, the Shiktahauk, is crossed at its head by the 

 Eoyal Koad, where a wagon can be had to convey your 

 baggage to a branch of the Southwest Miramichi, and 



