. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. without noticing the is said that in the infancy of the settlements a strangerriding on horseback had here a remarkable road was very bad. Darkness had set in and therain had begun to fall before he came to a friendly woods were so dense and the night so dark thathe gave loose reins to the horse he was riding, trustingto the animals sagacity to find his way and avoiddangerous obstacles. On arriving at the Pokiok gorge,the horse hesitated for a moment, as if frightened bythe ro
. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. without noticing the is said that in the infancy of the settlements a strangerriding on horseback had here a remarkable road was very bad. Darkness had set in and therain had begun to fall before he came to a friendly woods were so dense and the night so dark thathe gave loose reins to the horse he was riding, trustingto the animals sagacity to find his way and avoiddangerous obstacles. On arriving at the Pokiok gorge,the horse hesitated for a moment, as if frightened bythe roaring of the water below, but, on being spoken toproceeded, and a few moments later stood before thedoor of a settlers house where the traveller determinedto put up for the night. Upon being asked by themaster of the house, Which way did you come from? the stranger said, I came down the river. You didnt cross the Pokiok ? was asked in evidentamazement. Yes, I did, was the reply. Without another word the man of the house took hislantern and accompanied by his visitor followed the. ST. JOHN 29 footmarks of the horse along the muddy road back tothe stream. The traveller then saw, and to his horror,that the covering of the bridge was gone, and theyawning chasm, twenty feet broad with its roaring torrentseventy feet below, was spanned by two hewn timberson one of which, probably not more than twenty inchessquare, the horse had safely crossed in the darkness. Some of the leading men of New Brunswick, in itsearly days, lived on this part of the St. John River,Among the number were Chief Justice Saunders, whoseold estate still bears the name of the Barony, ColonelJacob Ellegood, Major General Armstrong, Capt. JohnDavidson, Major Morehouse, Major Daniel Murray, West, and Capt. Simeon Jones. However all theinhabitants were not of equal respectability, for a place,nearly opposite Kirks Landing, in Queensbury, is calledby the rivermen the Devils half-acre. It seems thatat one t
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