CHAPTER VI.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Object of the Chapter.--Description of St. John's River.--First Falls.--Contiguous Country.--"Mars Hill."--Prospect.--Grand Falls. --The Acadians, curious Facts respecting them.--The Mirimachi River.--Immense amount of Timber shipped.--Riots.--State of Morals.--The great Mirimachi Fire.--Hurricane.--Destruction of Human Life.--Area of the Fire.--Vessels in Harbor.--Painfully disgusting Sights.---Destruction among Fish.--Fire, rapidity of Progress.--Curious instance of Escape.--Ristigouche River, its Length.--Capacious Harbor.--Appearance of the Country.--High Banks.--Groves of Pine.--A Statistical Table 244

LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.

Frontispiece--Moose Deer.

Shooting Deer--Black Bear 49

Winter Quarters of Lumbermen 69

Log Hauling--Process of Loading Logs 95

The Common Wolf 113

Log Tavern in the Wilderness 146

River Drivers Breaking a Jam 165

A Coaster ascending the Penobscot for Lumber 187

View of the Penobscot--Forests and Lakes northeast from Ktaadn 189

Northeast View of Mount Ktaadn, from the west Branch of the Penobscot 199

Godfrey's Falls, on the Seboois River 208

Chase's Mountain, as seen from Sugar-loaf Mountain 211

Sugar-loaf Mountain, on the Seboois River 225

View of Lily Bay, on Moose-head Lake 228

Skowhegan Falls, on the Kennebeck 231

Rumford Falls, on the Androscoggin 235

View of Umbagog Lake--Source of the Androscoggin 237

Frye's Falls, on a Tributary of Ellis River 238

Rumford Bridge, Androscoggin River 239

Aroostook Falls 250

FOREST LIFE AND FOREST TREES.