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of the neighboring region there can be no doubt. Numerous members of the Micmac, St. Francis, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes, with whom I have discussed the question, agreed with the Maliseets in declaring that the true name. This is confirmed by the Indian name of the Maliseets, which is Woo-lahs-tuḱ-wik—the people of the Woo-lahś-tukw. Wik-oú-ti, or Wik-oẃ-ti, which the French writers turned into Ouigoudi, is the Micmac name for a camping ground—a place to put up a Wiḱ-wam.

43. In answer to L. D.'s question in your January number, about the incendiary fire in the house on Germain street opposite Trinity church, I think he must allude to Mrs. Lalley's building, which was set on fire by her, in 1826, for the purpose of getting the insurance. She was sentenced to the pillory, but her daughter went to Fredericton, interceded for her with the governor and got her clear. Probably the person he saw in the pillory was a man convicted of some other offence.

43. In J. W. Lawrence's paper on the Medical Men of St. John in the First Half Century, (Coll. N. B. Hist. Soc., p. 299), he refers to a Dr. Quinn, who landed in St. John from Ireland in 1825. Dr. Quinn was best remembered by his association with the Lally family, being an admirer of the daughter of Mrs. Lally. The account goes on to say:—"In 1826 Mr. Lally purchased from George A. Nagle the property in Germain street, opposite Trinity Church, known as the Mansion House, at the great fir e of 1877, and then the property of George V. Nowlin. At this time the Lallys resided on a farm in the vicinity of the city, and sold milk. Lally having insured the property, the next step was to set it on fire. After making arrangements to make the work effective, through a distribution of