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MINUTES OE PROCEEDINGS OE 
Seventh 
day’s 
march. 
Eighth 
day’s 
march. 
opposite bank the scenery is of the same character, sloping hills thickly 
covered with wood, with here and there a few r clearings ;and log huts. 
Some attempt had been made to repair the worst “ cahots in the road, 
so the travelling was not so bad. The mid-day halt was made at 
Baird's tavern in Andover parish, eighteen miles from Blorenceville, 
and the last eight miles of the road are comparatively level, so they 
were quickly got over, the party arriving at Tobique at 4 p.m. Tobique 
is a pretty village, distant only four miles from the States. The accom¬ 
modation here is as follows :—Newcombe's inn, five officers and twenty 
men; two other houses ninety, and fifty respectively; and Mr Beveridge 
who resides here, is most willing to accommodate any officers in his 
house. The Tobique river which falls into the St John a few miles 
above the village, is the second largest tributary which it receives, and 
it can be ascended in boats till within a few miles of the Nipisiguit, 
which runs down into the Bay of Chaleur. 
Seventh day. Wednesday , February 12. Tobique to Grand Falls 
24 miles . 
The weather this day was much milder being dull and overcast, a 
little snow falling occasionally. The roads were therefore much easier. 
The character of the road too is somewhat different; for about four or 
five miles above Tobique it crosses over the Aroostook river by a sub¬ 
stantial bridge, and then leaves the St John, and does not again touch 
it till Grand Balls. The Aroostook is the largest tributary of the St 
John. The country is leveller, though still hilly, and with the excep¬ 
tions of a few clearings, covered with dense forest. A large log hut, 
built by a party of “ lumberers," was passed shortly before coming to 
the mid-day halting place. The latter was a collection of poor houses 
ten miles from Tobique. The party arrived at Grand Balls about 
5 p.m. 
This village receives its name from the falls of the St John river, in its 
immediate vicinity. It is partly inhabited by Brench settlers which 
make their appearance here for the first time. The scenery of the falls 
is very fine. The river discharges its waters over a precipice nearly 
sixty feet high, and then pursues its course through a deep rocky gorge, 
with cliffs of great height on each side. This gorge is spanned by a 
fine wire suspension bridge about half a mile below the falls. The falls 
of course completely cut off the navigation of the upper river from 
that of the lower; but even above them the river is navigable for 
steamers for forty miles. All the “ lumber " floated down the St John 
has to be conveyed past the falls by portage, otherwise it would be 
broken to pieces. The men were accommodated in a large building, 
the officers in a hotel. At this village a large hospital was arranged, 
in case any serious cases should happen on the march, but fortunately 
there were but few inmates. 
Eighth day. Thursday , February 13. Grand Falls to Little 
Falls , 36 miles . 
The weather continued mild to-day, and the roads were much 
easier. After leaving the village, the road crosses the St John on the 
