us roaring at certain periods. After
passing the falls, it forms the harbour of St. John, and falls into the
Bay of Fundy in lat. 45 deg. 20' N.

The spring tides at St. John rise from twenty-four to twenty-eight
feet. The body of the river is seventeen and a half feet above low
water mark. When the tide has flowed twelve feet, the falls are smooth
and passable from fifteen to twenty minutes. They are level three and a
half hours on the flood, and two and a half on the ebb, and passable
four times in twenty-four hours. Above the falls the tides rise four
feet. At Maugerville, seventy miles up the river, they rise from one to
two feet; at Fredericton from six to ten inches, and are perceivable
nine miles above that place, varying according to the phases of the
moon. In the spring, the river, swoln with rains and the melting of the
snow and ice, rises higher than the tides, which prevents vessels from
ascending the falls for some weeks.

RIVER MIRAMICHI.

This is one of the finest rivers for lumber in the Province. Its banks
as well as the banks of the numerous streams that fall into it, are
covered with pines of the finest growth, which appear to be almost
inexhaustable, for although lumbering has been prosecuted on this river
to a great extent for a number of years past, there is still abundance
found by going a little back from the water. It is indeed the main
source of the trade of the large County of Northumberland. One hundred
and forty-one thousand three hundred and eighty-four tons of timber
were shipped at the port of Miramichi in 1824. Rafts are taken down
this river with the greatest safety to the shipping, which load at
different places from the mouth of the river up to Fraser's Island. It
has two main branches called the north-west and south-west, which run a
great way into the country, and with their numerous streams lay open
the inmost recesses of this extensive County. Several fine islands lay
in the course of this river, covered with elm, ash, butternut, &c.
which invariably denote the most luxurious soil. Its waters are well
stored with excellent salmon and other fish, which are caught here in
great abundance. There are several settlements along this river, none
of which merit a particular description, the improvement of the country
being neglected for lumbering. The branches of this river approach in
several places very near to streams falling into the river St. John,
which communicate by short por