ties is as follows: For the Counties of St. John, Westmorland,
Charlotte, and York, four each; the Counties of King's, Queen's,
Sunbury and Northumberland, two each; and two for the City of St. John,
making in all twenty-six. This representation, the reader will observe,
is very unequal. The County of Saint John, which includes the City,
having two more members than the extensive County of York, which
includes the Seat of Government; and the County of Sunbury, which is
not as large as some parishes in the other counties, has as many
members as the County of Northumberland, which comprises over one-third
of the Province. It must indeed be admitted that Saint John and Sunbury
are far better settled than Northumberland; but when we look at the
great extent of the latter, the numerous settlements and great trade in
that part of the Province, we must allow that the inhabitants of that
part of the country have not an equal share of what may be considered
the bulwark of liberty--namely, a fair representation. Six members at
least, would not be out of proportion for that large County.

The Assembly sits in the winter at Fredericton: the sessions continue
from six to seven weeks. Its chief business is in managing the
provincial revenue, providing for schools, roads, &c. and making such
laws as the state and trade of the Province may from time to time
require. When laws are enacted that interfere with Acts of Parliament,
they are transmitted to the King, with a suspending clause, and are not
in force until they receive the royal approbation.

CHAPTER III.

_Climate. Produce._

As New-Brunswick lies in nearly the same parallel of latitude as Paris,
Vienna, and other places in Europe, it would be natural to suppose the
climate would be similar to those places; but it must be observed that
cold is found to predominate on the continent of America. Hence in
places under the same parallels, the differences between the old and
new continents, with regard to cold, is very great, and this difference
increases as you advance from the equator. This has been supposed by
Dr. Robertson and others to arise from the western situation of
America, and its approaching the pole nearer than Europe or Asia, and
from the immense continent stretching from the St. Lawrence towards the
pole and to the westward; and also from the enormous chain of mountains
which extend to an unknown distance through that frozen region, covered
with eternal sno