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their own waters captured by any others, except, of course, by the 
main Tobique. 
Economics . — A question of great importance now naturally arises 
as to the economic value of this Negoot region, a question which not 
only concerns members of this Society as citizens of New Brunswick, 
but as men of science, for the advancement of science is inseparably 
dependent upon the increase of material wealth. It is entirely and 
absolutely useless for the most part for agriculture, and it has shown 
few or no evidences of mineral wealth. There is, however, one service 
to which it is grandly adapted, namely, the growing of useful trees. 
It bears now one of the finest forests of New Brunswick, one which 
has never been burnt and which has not, as yet, been injured by 
injudicious lumbering. It is naturally one of the regions which the 
province would set aside for a forest reserve, to be managed upon good 
forestry principles, when the time arrives for such action, as it soon 
must. But unfortunately the greater part of it, all the part west of 
the county line and including all the Trowsers Lake and Long Lake 
systems, has passed out of the possession of the province. It is a 
part of the grant to the New Brunswick Railway Company, and is 
now the property of that corporation. Doubtless, however, mutually 
satisfactory arrangements between the province and the company for 
its management will be made in the future. 
A second use of the region is as a game preserve. Its remoteness 
and difficulty of access have aided the laws to preserve the larger 
animals, with the result that these are now very abundant, as mentioned 
earlier in this paper. The waters also abound in large trout and Long 
Lake with togue. A continuance and extension of the present wise 
policy as to game preservation will make this region increasingly 
valuable as an attraction to sportsmen of wealth. 
A third use of the region is as a camping and recreation ground 
for vigorous New Brunswick youth, — for its manly young men who 
love outdoor sport and nature, and the free, ennobling and health- 
giving life of the woods. There is no grander sport than the manage- 
ment of one’s own canoe on these swift rivers and charming lakes, no 
greater feeling of triumph over obstacles than one has when, unguided 
and unaided, he makes his way from lake to lake, and river to river, 
seeking out his own paths, transporting his own outfit, exercising his 
own powers of generalship and ingenuity. There can be no greater 
