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should be trained in forestry. It would pay the government a hundred, 
yes a thousand-fold, to give our game commissioner added authority 
over forests, give him intelligent and trusted wardens, skilled not only 
in the knowledge and habits of game and fish, but also in forestry. 
It would take a little time to train such a body of experts, but the 
results would be great, placing New Brunswick in a position to pre- 
serve and add to what must prove the source of her greatest material 
wealth — her forests, her game, and her fisheries. At the same time 
she would place herself in line with those countries which, by wise 
and effective legislation, are laying a foundation for the preservation 
and future development of rich material resources. 
We were encamped at the head of Trowsers Lake for five days. 
During the next ten days, amid almost continuous rains, with here 
and there a fine day, we journeyed eastward to the Serpentine river? 
passing over Long, Portage, Adder and Serpentine Lakes with several 
smaller lakes and ponds. Owing to the heavy rains the streams were 
swollen to freshet size, and the swamps and low grounds near them 
were dithcult to cross. There was water everywhere. Of the port- 
ages, one was two and a half miles long (between Trowsers and Long 
Lakes) ; another was fully three miles, and very rough and uneven, 
but several small ponds intervened, which were easily crossed in 
canoes. The lakes, above named, are all very beautiful, especially Long 
Lake, a sheet of water bordered by high hills, six miles long and from 
one to two miles in breadth The soundings at one place in this lake 
showed a depth of 117 feet. A mile or two to the southwest of this 
lake is Milnagek, or the “ Lake of Many Islands,” no less than four- 
teen of which dot its surface. About six or seven miles to the south- 
east lies the lake which is the source of the Little Southwest Miramichi, 
the portage path to which, described by Professor Hind many years 
ago. Professor Ganong, aided by Mr. Furbish and guide, attempted 
to find, but in vain.* 
The Serpentine Lake and River, both of which have remarkable 
windings, brought us into the Right Hand Branch of the Tobique 
river, and from that we came to the main Tobique to our place of 
starting. The Serpentine river is thirty miles long, and descends in 
^Dui’ing the summer of 1901 Professor Ganong and Mr. Furbish again visited this sec- 
tion, made a patli for themselves across the country from Long Lake, and descended the 
Little Southwest Miramichi. See Professor Ganoug’s articles in this Bulletin. 
