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from Fredericton. The Oromocto is one of the principal tributaries 
of the St John river; it is a deep river navigable for twenty miles, 
and some ship building is carried on in the village. It is crossed by a 
rough wooden bridge. 
The land along the bank of the St John between this point and 
Fredericton is of excellent quality, and there are several large islands 
in the river which produce very large crops of hay, from being often 
overflooded. The character of the trees is totally different here also; 
instead of soft wood so common along the road, they are principally 
large elms, oaks, and other forest trees. About four miles from 
Fredericton, the road passes into York Country. Of this county, 
Fredericton is the capital, as it is of the whole province. It is a pretty 
little town lying on the bank of the river, and has barracks for 1000 
men, besides an artillery barrack. The party did not arrive till nearly 
7 p.m : the men were lodged in the barracks, and the officers billeted 
in a hotel. 
The health and spirits of the men were good, and they seemed to 
enjoy the novelty of the journey. The order marked No. Y. see App., 
p. 204, was handed to the officer commanding the party on arrival. 
Third day. — -Saturday , Feb. 8. Fredericton to Tilley’s, 30 miles. 
The weather on starting was clear and cold, and continued so the 
whole day. The road winds along the southern bank of the St John 
river the whole way, never distant from it more than three-quarters of 
a mile, and lies in the county of York. A few words must be said on 
the St John river, though it would be quite out of place attempting to 
give a regular description of it. This noble river which rises in the 
State of Maine, and forms the boundary between that State and New 
Brunswick, in one part of its course, and which runs into the sea at 
St John, is navigable for steamers from its mouth up to Grand Falls 
200 miles above it. The navigation is of course interrupted there, but 
it is carried on above the Falls for a long distance. In summer, eight 
to ten steamers ply between Saint John and Fredericton, doing the 
journey upwards in about eleven hours, and downwards in a much 
shorter space of time. The scenery on its banks is of great beauty, 
and the road to Riviere-du-loup follows the bank the whole way from 
Fredericton to Little Falls, six days' journey. 
On leaving Fredericton, the road winds along the side of a lovely 
valley, the river lying at the bottom, and the sloping sides of the hills 
being cleared and cultivated up to the top. Soon the road becomes 
more hilly, and is crossed by numerous small streams, running through 
deep ravines, spanned by bridges of rough timber. At one point about ten 
miles from Fredericton, the St John winds round a steep rocky point, 
with a steep descent in the road. The mid-day halt was made at a tavern 
in Kingsclear parish, about sixteen miles from Fredericton. During the 
latter half of the journey the road was not so hilly, but was very full of 
caliots and bad places. The party arrived at Tilley s, a poor inn kept 
by a man of the name, about half-past six p.m. The inn lies on the 
slope of a hill, distant about one mile from the river, and there are 
some few houses round it. The whole of the Artillery were billeted in 
Third day’s 
march. 
