40 TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES to the clamour of bells and hoarse-voiced horns, when their green lights quiver and their red ones look like a faint blush in the mist, the sheer beauty of the scene grips one. Driving to , we saw a large tract of wooded land, with navigable lake, bird sanctuary and bathing. This park is the centre of world and international skating championships. On the way home, we met a school van, carrying pupils from one of the consolidated schools, of which Bruns¬ wick has several. On inquiry I learned that consolidation is working out well there. Everywhere we looked we saw fragrant lilac bushes in bloom, some as tall as fifteen feet. We viewed and with Mem¬ orial bronze statues and restful seats. This is the rendez¬ vous for band concerts. The Market Slip at the foot of , is where the Loyalist founders landed in 1783, twenty schooner loads of them. A memorial boulder, Plymouth Rock, marks the site, and the first log cabins were hewn and erected nearby. We were also interested in the historic Court House on , in pure ancient Grecian architecture, and the old Martello Tower. We observed that preparations were under way for a government outlay of $5,000,000 on St. John's new water front. At the conclusion of the afternoon sight-seeing drive, we had evening dinner in the Admiral Beatty Hotel, and were honoured by the presence of The Hon. J. B. Baxter , Premier of New Brunswick and Dr. W. W. White , the Mayor of St. John, who were eloquent speakers. The former emphasized the fact that huge quantities of fish, potatoes and lumber were exported from New Brunswick ,