THE SOUTH TOIHQUE LAKES. 
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adjacent are the resorts of moose, deer, caribou, beaver, and many of 
the small fur-bearing animals. Trout abound in great numbers in the 
streams and thoroughfares adjacent to the lakes, while the togue or 
namaycush, a fine species of lake trout, is found in at least one lake of 
the series — Long Lake. 
Owing to the remoteness of this district, the difficulties of trans- 
portation, and the fact that the waters do not contain salmon, the 
lakes are seldom visited by fishermen. But in the fall of the year 
they are a great resort for moose and deer hunters, and in winter 
trappers visit the region. The “deadfalls” and other cunningly 
devised traps met with in every direction during the summer show the 
elaborate plans made for the capture of the small but valuable fur- 
bearing animals. The distance from the main waterways of the 
province is also an obstacle to lumber operations, but in proportion as 
lumber has become scarce in the more easily reached areas, this region 
has been penetrated to quite a considerable extent by lumbermen who 
have erected dams at the oatlet of Trowsers, Serpentine, and some of 
the smaller lakes to hoard up an adequate supply of water for artificial 
freshets in the small streams that flow from these lakes. As a result, 
the water has risen five or six feet in the lakes, drowning the plants 
and roots of trees along the shores, which now present a desolate 
appearance from the dead trunks leaning out over the waters. 
Our two day’s journey over that portage road which brought us to 
Trowsers Lake gave plenty of opportunity to study the general features 
of the country and the plants by the wayside. The road, for the first 
three or four miles after leaving the Tobique river, led through bogs 
and low grounds with the vegetation usually found in such situations, 
The Labrador Tea (Ledum latifolium) exists in profusion ; and should 
our tea-drinkers ever turn to the brewing of the home product there 
will be an abundant supply in this South Tobique Lake region. Vibur- 
nums, red and black spruces, Rhodora, Yacciniums, Kalmias, Andro- 
meda and other heath plants were found. Then, as the country 
became more broken and we wound through valleys and over hills, the 
vegetation became entirely changed. Along the courses of streams 
the osmundas and ostrich ferns lifted their luxurious fronds, purple 
trilliums and violets, blue and white, reminded us that this northern 
country was still in the midst of its spring season. As we neared 
Trowsers Lake magnificent forests, some of them such as I had never 
