Gulf of St. Lawrence. 7., 



phciioiDciia attending tlicir future state, their organic 

 remains, &c. may exercise the reasoning jiowers of a future 

 race of mankind. 



Remarks on the District travei^sed by the 

 St. Maurice Expedition, in the fSutumer 

 of 1829, by Lieut. Ingall, 15/// Reijt. 



The intention of the few following pao-cs is to 

 give a concise account of the component parts of 

 the rock and soil forming the shores of the rivers 

 and lakes explored, and to establish the probability 

 of the same formation extending over the inter- 

 vening area. 



The impo.s^ihility of ascertaining the agricultural re- 

 N>urces of a country, from merely passing up a river, is 

 a very prevalent opinion, and one that uouhi in the main 

 be jukt, were the ascent pursued in a direct line, for it 

 docs boujetimes occur that the shores of a river ai-e low and 

 covt-red uilh siind for a considerable distance back, 

 although on further examination, the soil may be found to* 

 improve and the timber become of u fmer description : hut 

 hy niuking lateral excursions up smaller streams and (•l.)s<'ly 

 examining the rock and aoil ou their slior.s, a pretty cor- 

 rect judgement of the country forming the area between 

 thou- Btrtanii au<l rivers may be arrived at. 



