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As the various points of interest in New Brunswick become better known, the attractions of the province to the tourist and seeker for health and recreation are becoming better understood and appreciated. And that there are many natural beauties in this province to draw thither those who desire a healthful and pleasant summer outing is becoming more and more realized, not only by our cousins to the south of the line, but by our own people. Here within our own borders the fisherman may find opportunities to angle for the finny tribe unsurpassed in lake or stream on the earth's bosom; and so with the man who prefers the gun and powder and shot to the rod and reel. Taking our game—little and big—from the lordly moose to the tiny snipe so abundant on the seashore, this country is a veritable huntsman's paradise. And does the sportsman desire to add the acquisition of health to the pleasures of the hunt, or to pursue his wanderings amid scenes that are pleasing to the sense of beauty, more or less deeply ingrained in every human soul, he may travel far to find a more bracing and health giving ozone than can be found coming across our rugged hilltops, or to cast his eyes across a landscape upon which a bountiful nature has traced out more varied and wonderful lines of beauty. Hills lifting their tree crowned heads so far towards the heavens that the term mountain, by which many of them are locally known, seems not inappropriate; their sloping sides dotted here and there with thrifty, well kept farm buildings, and in the distance the glimmering waves of the sea; valleys where purling brooks wind like silver threads through