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63 rd Regiment,— 
Lieutenant E. Ilulton. 
Ensign J. Thacker. 
The total number of sleds was 42, distributed as follows 
Half-battery of Artillery . . . 18 sleds. 
Men.20 „ 
Baggage (officers and men) . . 3 „ 
Officers.1 „ 
Each officer was allowed only 100 lbs. weight of baggage. 
Eirst day. —St John to Petersvitte, 24 miles. 
The day was very fine and clear, but the temperature was very low, 
several degrees below zero when the party started. The road on leaving 
the town winds over a hilly country for about four miles in a north¬ 
westerly direction, till it reaches the “bay " or lake formed by the junc¬ 
tion of the St John and Kenebecasis rivers. It comes on the bay about 
three miles above the mouth of the river, which runs into the harbour 
of St John between two lofty rocks spanned by a suspension bridge. 
The bay being always frozen over in winter, and a road being made 
across it, marked by spruce boughs stuck in the snow, a considerable 
distance is saved by crossing it instead of going round by the suspen¬ 
sion bridge. The road strikes the bay about the foot of Kenebecasis 
bay, which is a long stretch of water navigable by steamers for 20 miles, 
formed by the rivers of the same name. It first crosses this, and then 
the St John, making a total of 7J miles on the ice. When the 
sleds got on to the ice and out of the shelter of the land, they became 
exposed to a keen breeze which was blowing, which made the cold to 
be severely felt. 
The snow also drifted, making the road very heavy, so the gun and 
equipment sleds made very slow progress. The bay is surrounded by 
ranges of hills thickly covered with forest, so the scenery is very fine, 
live miles after coming on the ice brought the party to a point called 
Brundage Point. This point is in King's County, on the left hand of 
the road, and lies opposite the foot of the “ Long Reach " of the 
St John, up which the eye can travel for a great distance; and about 
two miles further on the road quits the ice, entering King's County. 
The shelter of the land as the party approached it was found to be 
very welcome, and the sun being then powerful, the weather was quite 
warm. The road after leaving the ice winds along the side of the river, 
having a range of wooded hills on the left, and about three miles 
further on passes the Douglas Arms inn, where the party halted for an 
hour. This inn is situated near the mouth of the Nerepis river, 
from which the whole road between Saint John and Eredericton takes 
its name, and is by road eighteen miles from St John. After 
leaving this, the scenery becomes magnificent; the hills become loftier 
and approach nearer to the road, till they overhang it in lofty cliffs and 
crags thickly covered with pine woods. Eor some distance the road winds 
through thickly wooded defiles, amongst which the “ Eagle Heights" 
Weight of 
luggage 
allowed to 
officers. 
First day’s 
march. 
