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well settled, but occasionally there are low cliffs on one or the 
other side of the river. Altogether it is a charming river, bring- 
ing ease to the canoeman fresh from the labors of rapids and 
portages on the river above. 
The origin of this part of the river has been traced in an 
earlier note (No. 50). Its morphological head was no doubt. 
Portage River, and the valley in which they lie is part of an anti- 
clinal trough containing also the Lower Nepisiguit, and the 
curious right-angled bends in the Main Southwest Miramichi. 
No doubt this great trough has been formed by an uplift of the 
country to the eastward. Many details, however, remain to be 
worked out in this region, and it is one of the most attractive 
physiographically in the Province. The post-glacial bed and 
gorge below Trout Brook probably indicate nothing more than 
a slight change in the course of the river, and some search would 
no doubt reveal the pre-glacial channel of the river either to the 
east or the west, though if it should prove that the Northwest 
emptied pre-glacially into the Nepisiguit, this gorge would pro- 
bably mark the position of the pre-glacial divide. 
Section 6. From Red Bank to the Main Southwest . — This 
part of the river belongs morphologically to the Little Southwest, 
though it bears the name of the Northwest, this custom having 
originated, without doubt, in the desirability of making a clear 
distinction between it and the Main Southwest. Its physiographic 
history as the lower part of the Little Southwest is sufficiently 
plain. It is tidal, and a typical drowned valley. 
79. — On Additional Natural Curiosities said to occur in 
New Brunswick. 
Read February 2, 1904. 
In an earlier note (No. 57), I mentioned a number of curious 
natural objects or places reported from various parts of the Pro- 
vince, all of which seem deserving of investigation. It is worth 
while to ascertain the truth or falsity of such reports, and besides 
one may thus be led to some discovery of genuine scientific inter- 
est. Some others which have lately come to my notice are now 
to be described. 
