4 Field and Forest Rambles. 



to the United States! Fortunately, the St. John is too broad to 

 be effectually netted ; so that, if its influents were protected, 

 there would not be much difficulty in re-stocking them. 



The waves of the Atlantic impinge on shores deeply indented 

 by bays, creeks, fiords, and river estuaries, up which the 

 majestic tidal wave rushes for miles, and mingles with fresh, 

 water far above the usual limits observed in European rivers 

 So enormous is the pressure on the influent waters of the 

 St. John, that a spring tide raises the river eight inches at 

 the capital, eighty-two miles from its mouth. Moreover, the 

 vertical rise in some of the most distant reaches of the Bay of 

 Fundy attains the unexampled height of sixty to seventy feet, 

 or even more. Such conditions, therefore, must doubtless favour 

 the migrations of the finny tribes. 



The attractions of the lakes, rivers, and forests, the unpa- 

 ralleled beauty of the foliage in autumn, the glorious sunsets, 

 and the sombre and impressive grandeur of the forest solitudes, 

 are all full of art studies, whilst the disciples of Nimrod and 

 good old Isaak Walton may, by proper selection of season and 

 locality, indulge their tastes to the fullest extent. 



The country is exceedingly flat, the highest point scarcely 

 exceeding 3,000 feet above the level of the sea * 



The climate, although far more severe and trying as regard 



extremes of cold and heat than that of Great Britain, is, with 



the usual, precautions, well adapted to the constitution of the 



Northman. Of course the coast region enjoys milder seasons 



than the central and northern portions. , The Newfoundland 



fogs cool the summer heat, and the extremes of winter are 



tempered by southern winds and oceanic currents, — neither of 



which, however, extend their influences beyond short distances 



inland. Indeed, so marked are the differences between the 



climates of the interior parts compared with the coast region, 



* Bald Mountain, near the sources of the Nepsiguit and Tobique rivers, 

 is in one of the wildest and least explored regions of the province. 

 The height of this mountain has not been carefully measured, but possibly 

 it is not less than 2,500 feet above the sea. 



