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auperficies of from twelve to fifteen square miles. Two sections 

 were made across this bog ; one on the line of the railway between 

 Lanoraye and Industry, which traverses it about three miles from 

 its south-west extremity. It here reaches to within four miles of 

 the St. Lawrence, and has a breadth of two and a half miles. The 

 depth along this line was found to be from four to fourteen feet; 

 the average of twelve trials giving about eleven feet. The otlier 

 section, alouo; the Lavaltrie road, about four miles to the north- 

 east, gave a breadth of half a mile, and a depth of from seven to 

 fourteen feet ; averaging, as before, eleven feet. The smaller of 

 these bogs lies between that just described and the St. Lawrence 

 at a distance from the last of about two miles. On the line of the 

 railway it has a breadth of over half a mile, and an average 

 thickness of about five feet. It has a length of more than five 

 miles, extending four and a half miles to the south-west of the 

 railway, and a superficies of about three square miles. 



In the fief St. Etienne, about a mile and three quarters south- 

 west of the Gres, on the St. Maurice River, the main road crosses 

 a peat-bog, which is there half a mile in breadth, with an average 

 depth of about six feet. Its extent to the north-east and south-west 

 has not been ascertained. Another was met within the seigniory 

 of Champlain, about three miles from the St. Lawrence, and on 

 the road from the church to the river Champlain. Its breadth on 

 the road is about three quarters of a mile, and its average depth 

 in this part five feet. Its length from north-east to south-west 

 appears to be about two miles ; giving to the bog an area of about 

 a mile and three quarters. In the fief D'Auteuil, on the road 

 between Cap Sante and the village of L'Enfant Jesus, there is a 

 peat-bog, with a breadth of about a quarter of a mile, which has not 

 been farther examined. Several other peat-bogs are known to 

 exist between this last locality and the vicinity of Quebec. 



On the south side of the St. Lawrence, there is a large area 

 occupied by peat on the west side of the river Richelieu. It 

 covers portions of the seigniories De Lery and LacoUe, and of the 

 townships of Sherrington and Hemmingford, embracing perhaps 

 fifteen or twenty square miles. This area is drained in part by 

 the LacoUe River. It has not been carefully examined as yet ; 

 but it contains in some parts, particularly it is said in Sherrington, 

 a very great thickness of peat. Of two specimens from this town- 

 ship, one, which was dark-colored, fine-grained, compact, and 

 so heavy as to sink in water, gave only 3-53 per cent of ash ; while 



