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the neighboring country, which contains some low ridges dis- 
tinguished by their remarkably fine hemlock trees, while between 
the ridges lie the swamps, bogs, and barrens, everywhere charac- 
teristic of this flat sandstone plateau. Thence the river flows 
eastward in a flat country, receiving two small clear branches 
from the north, until it reaches the vicinity of Smith and Day 
Spring, where it is a small deadwater stream between boggy 
banks. This spring, by the way, is one of the largest, coldest, 
and clearest, I have seen in New Brunswick. Below, for three 
miles I have not seen the river, but is is said by Mr. Farraher 
to keep the same quiet, largely deadwater, character. A mile 
above Briggs Brook, from which point I have seen it to the 
mouth, it is a clear brown running brook; and thence downward 
it is a series of. Stillwater sand-bottomed pools, separated by 
smooth slides and little gravelly rips, winding abruptly at times, 
and cutting into sandy or gravelly banks, all densely wooded 
in a flat drift-covered country, — a very pleasing stream, large 
enough for use of a canoe at fair water. Briggs Brook is a small 
sluggish alder-encumbered stream, the outlet of Half Moon 
Lake. This I have not seen, but it is said to be largely sur- 
rounded by bog and barren, as are most of the lakes of the 
sandstone country, although Timber Lake, and Spruce Lake, 
both shown on our map, are said to have stony shores, and 
bordering ridges, making them rather attractive. Below, the 
river enlarges, but keeps much the same character as above, 
with sand-bottomed pools abounding in trout, occasional dead- 
waters, and low terrace and meadow banks in an open drift- 
covered country, — a very good canoe stream of a charm quite 
unexpected in this region. Thus it continues down to the V, 
and the same below, ever enlarging and deepening, but keeping 
much the same character, while at times the pools become so 
large and deep as to make it a considerable river, though the 
country remains open and flat. Gradually however, below the 
V (and once above), sandstone ledges appear, and low cliffs, with 
stony banks containing fine springs, some of them of the mineral 
kind, while in places the river bed broadens over shallow rips. In 
this part it receives several brooks, which, by the way, make 
