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of Sir Anthony Foster, an Irish Baronet. We read several quaint inscriptions on the tombstones—links which con- nect the city and its history with the most momentous periods of life on the American continent.

(8) Benedict Arnold’s Homestead. This famous con- tortionist of revolutionary war days made his home in Fredericton for some years after the restoration of peace. The site of his home, which was known as .Rose Hall, is at the corner of Waterloo Row and Lansdowne Street. He built and launched ships near a creek, at the lower end of the city.

(9) Old Robinson Homestead, on the eastern bank of the river, was erected in 1800 by Col. Beverley Robinson, who commanded a loyal American regiment during the revolutionary war. He was a close personal friend of George Washington, and it was at his home in Lower New York that Washington met the beautiful Mary Philipse, the Colonel’s sister-in-law, who, according to tradition, refused his hand in marriage. Col. Robinson and his family were deported from the United States at the close of the war. At his Nashwaakis home he kept negro slaves who occupied cells partitioned off in the basement.

(10) The King’s Provision Store, where the first Legis— lature met in Fredericton in 1788. This historic building is marked by a brass tablet.

(II) The frame house, birthplace of Bliss Carman, eminent Canadian poet.

After luncheon in the dining car we enjoyed a beauti— ful eighteen mile drive to attend an open air service in Sheffield church, founded in I763,—-—-a unique country church in the historic style of the New England meeting house. We passed through the town of Devon, the Mala- cete Indian Reserve, and crossed an old covered bridge over the Nashwaah River. Here we saw a great potato