Galloway and Glenelg settlements.-Buctouche River.-Shediac.—
French settlement of Barachois. — Character of the south-
eastern promontory of the province-House-burnings.-Idle
young men.-Mr Murray's farm and success.-Prudence as
necessary as knowledge.-Red drift.-Red rocks of Cape Tor-
mentine. An Irish settler's luck.-Bay Verte and Joliecœur
settlements.-Rich land and cheerful houses.-Proposed Canals
and Railways.-Cumberland fort and ridge.-Extent of the
Sackville and Amherst marsh-lands.-Produce they are capable
of yielding in corn and cattle.-Town of Amherst.-Minudie
flats.-Blue mud.-Deposits of gypsum.-Abadeaus, or river-
sluices.-Town of Sackville.-Geological section and structure
of this valley.—A prosperous Aberdonian.-Bogs in the upper
part of the marsh.-Improvement by warping.-Canals for the
purpose.-Town of Dorchester.- River Memramcook.-She-
pody Ferry,