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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIET*. 
As to other records, they are few. Scientific publications 
upon the river are well-nigh wanting, being confined to a mention 
or two in the Geological Survey Reports (Ells, 1879-80, D, 6, 
and Chalmers, 1888, N.) and a few references in earlier notes 
of this series (93, 94). Since the river abounds in fine trout, it 
has been much visited by sporting fishermen, and is mentioned 
in this connection in various local writings by M. H. Perley, and 
in the well-known books on fishing by “ Barnwell ” (Game Fish 
scale. 
8 miles = 1 inch 
W.f&dd 
Kap of the 
Tabusintac River 
' and adjacent raters 
to illustrate 
their physiographic relations 
by vrr.Ganony 
of the North), and by Norris (American Anglers Book, 242, 
651). It is described briefly, and not wholly correctly, in 
Cooney’s History of 1832. It is settled mostly by English settlers 
from its mouth to Stymest’s Millstream, and was formerly some- 
what settled at the crossing of the old Bathurst-Chatham post 
road. All the remainder of the river is a wilderness, yielding 
annually much lumber. 
The source of the Tabusintac lies near that of the East Branch 
