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nection of the upper waters with the Dungarvon through 
Dungarvon Lake, with the upper part of Big Hole Brook through 
Davis Landing Brook, and especially with the Main Southwest 
through Otter Brook, which comes curiously close to the main 
river and is in partial alignment therewith. But the reality 
of such connections must await more thorough studies in 
the future, and especially the construction of accurate topo- 
graphical maps. There is no question, however, I believe, 
that the low^er course of Bartholomews and the main Miramichi 
below it occupy a single continuous valley, precisely as sug- 
gested in the earlier interpretation of these rivers in the note 
on the Northumbrian system. 
121. — A Preliminary Study of the Saxby Gale. 
Read by Title May 2, 1911. 
All New Brunswickers have heard about the Saxby Gale; 
many remember it; some can still point to visible evidences 
of its destructive power; but it is surprising how little exact 
information about it one can gather in the province, while, 
as is usual in such cases, a kind of a conventionalized Saxby 
Gale legend is slowly evolving. I have tried to gather the 
essential facts about it for record in the Society’s Bulletin, 
and may add that the desirability of so doing was first sug- 
gested to me by another of our New Brunswickers interested 
in the natural phenomena of the Province, Mr. J. W. Bailey. 
First, as to its date. All testimony agrees that it occurred 
upon October 4, 1869, beginning in the late afternoon, cul- 
minating in the evening, and blowing itself out before morning. 
Second, as to its extent. On seeking to gather data upon this 
point, I experienced a decided surprise, tinged with some little 
sense of affront to my local pride, when I found in answer to 
my search and inquiries that our famous gale seemed not to 
receive mention in any meteorological books and to be quite 
unknown to the principal authorities of the Weather Bureau 
at Washington. Furthermore it is not mentioned at all in 
a book on the Historic Storms of New England from 1635 
