. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . ter the conflagration of 1877. The most interest-ing part to a stranger is its Mharf-front, built to accommodate tidesrising some 25 feet, and its cantilever bridge, suspended over thoseeccentric falls which pitch upstream or down, according as the tideflows in or out of the St. John river. Old Fort Howe, among theoflicers of whose garrison, at one time, was the great free-traderWilliam Cobbett, and other points of the environs, are full of interest. Fr
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . ter the conflagration of 1877. The most interest-ing part to a stranger is its Mharf-front, built to accommodate tidesrising some 25 feet, and its cantilever bridge, suspended over thoseeccentric falls which pitch upstream or down, according as the tideflows in or out of the St. John river. Old Fort Howe, among theoflicers of whose garrison, at one time, was the great free-traderWilliam Cobbett, and other points of the environs, are full of interest. From St. John all parts of New Brunswick and the contiguousprovinces are accessible by rail or steamboat, and each line of travelpresents something diftereut from the others. The historic and scenicbeauties are not concentrated on a few points, but extend throughoutthe country, affording rare opportunities for journeys whose general 9-t course may be replete with interest. The peculiar charms of the Mari-time Provinces are their history during the Acadian era and their noblecoast scenery,— the former containing some of the most romantic. episodes in the annals of America, and the latter exhibiting a marvellousblending of mountainous capes and picturesque islands with the blue 95 northern sea. And these two traits are intertwined throughout, forthere is scarce a promontory that has not ruins or legends of Frenchfortresses, scarce a bay that has not heard the roaring broadsides ofBritish frigates. Let the first trip be up the St. John river to Fredericton — thecapital of the province. The distance is ninety miles by the dailytrains or steamboat. This little city is embowered in trees, has hand-some government buildings, a cathedral which, though small, is one
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