HULLETIX OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
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which is liere given from a photograph taken from the plain near the 
base. The trip up the Sisson Brandi, as far as the gorge, was accom- 
plished with the greatest difficulty, owing to the high water, although 
the stream itself presents no obstructions. We were well repaid, how- 
ever, for the extra exertion by a view of the gorge, one of the wildest 
and most picturesque spots in New Brunswick. There is a succession 
of five cataracts tumbling one after the other to a depth of one 
hundred feet, after which the stream flows in a series of rapids 
through a gorge walled by perpendicular rocks until it reaches the 
smoother stretches beyond. On the rocks overhanging the stream 
further down were found Aspidinm fragrans and Woodsia glahellay 
two of the rarest ferns in the province. 
The descent of the Sisson Branch and the main Tobique, as far as 
Riley Brook, a distance of twelve miles, was made in a little over an 
hour and a half in the midst of torrents of rain. On the following 
afternoon, Friday, July 27th, we paddled leisurely twenty miles 
further down in about three hours, which may show the swiftness of 
the current, the river being unusually high for this season. 
On the morning of this day we visited Bald Head, a dis- 
tance of five miles from the village of Riley Brook. This elevation, 
which is about 1,400 feet above the valley of the Tobique, is perhaps 
the most typical and regular mountain in New Brunswick, rising one 
thousand feet from the plain at its base, in the shape of cone, the upper 
portion covered with loose stones and boulders. On the top we found 
a narrow ridge which contained a great variety of plants, as follows, 
the trees being stunted and irregular : Pyrus Americana, Betula lenta, 
B. papyracea, B. pumila, Prunus Pennsylvanica, Acer rubrum, A. 
Pennsylvanicum, white and black spruces and firs, Nemopanthes 
fascicularis, Ledum latifolium, Sambucus pubens, Epilobium angusti- 
foliurn, Cornus Canadensis, Vaccinium Canadense, V. Pennsylvanicum 
(narrow and wide leaved forms), Ribes lacustre, R. prostratum, Rubus 
strigosus, R. triflorus, Antennaria margaretacea, A. plantaginifolia, 
Galium triflorum, Kalmia angustifolium, Aralia nudicaulis, Trillium 
erythrocarpum, Aspidium spinulosum ; besides several grasses and 
caiices, two species of lycopodium ; hypnums, polytrichums, and 
lichens covering the rocks and trunks of trees. 
[For a list of the new and rare plants found during the trip, see 
Bulletin XTN, 1901.] 
