enacted
for their preservation; but they can scarcely be reckoned among the
present animals of the Province. The other wild animals are Bears,
Foxes, Wolves, Caraboo, Sable, Loup-cervier, Peaconks, Racoon, Mink,
Ground and Red Squirrels, Weasels, Muskrats, Wild Cats, Hares, &c. with
that valuable animal the Beaver.

The domestic Fowls are Turkies, Geese, Ducks, Hens, and other Poultry;
and among the wild are, Partridges, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Owls, Crows,
and Swans; with a variety of small Birds, which have nothing peculiar
to render a particular description of them necessary. There are but few
reptiles in the Province, and those are harmless.

Most of the rivers are well stored with Salmon, Shad, Bass, Suckers,
and Herrings, with abundance of small Fish, such as Trout, Perch, Chub,
Smelt, Eels, &c. Cusks are taken in the winter, and Sturgeon are taken
in some parts, but not often.

The Bays and Harbors are well supplied with Cod, Pollock, Haddock, &c.
Mackerel are taken in different places at the entrance of the Bay of
Fundy, and along the coasts.

But little can be said about the mineral or fossil productions of a
country which is yet in its infancy, and where the industry of the
inhabitants can be more profitably employed on the surface of the earth
than in ransacking its bowels. Minerals cannot be procured and
manufactured without money. To work mines effectually, many things are
requisite that cannot be expected in a new country. Such as capitalists
who can risk money on experiments, and wait a long time for returns:
for all property employed in the first working of mines is uncertain.
The next thing is abundance of cheap labour--then a demand for the
articles produced; next to produce it of such a quality, and at such a
price as to make it find a market: with many other considerations
sufficient to deter men who feeling themselves straitened in pecuniary
resources, see the necessity of employing what little they possess in
the way that will give a sure and quick return; and to such persons,
the surface of the country covered with pines, holds out a more
inviting prospect than the concealed riches of the earth. From the
appearance of the country, there is reason to believe it is rich in
minerals, and that the mountains contain ores of different metals in
abundance; but as no attempts of consequence have been made to procure
specimens or assay them, it cannot be expected that any particular
account of them cou