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raised in our tH'easts by the view of this intrusive combus- 

 tible. We returned to St. Urbin's after two days absence, 

 having seen only one new bed of ore about twenty feet long 

 by ten feet wide. 



The little expectation which was entertained of finding 

 coal in these parts had previously been expressed in the 

 printed report of our former visit, and that little entirely 

 vanished when we examined the nature of the country 

 through which our guides conducted us in order to find it. 

 Having bestowed some attention on the rocks in this 

 neighbourhood, it appears to us barely possible that coal 

 in abundance should be found towards the mouth of the 

 river ; but to seek for it towards the upper end of the valley 

 would be waste of time. Tiie very circumstance of the 

 abundance of the magnetic oxide of iron in those parts is 

 against the probability of finding it. That we failed in 

 finding much of this ore in our trip northwards is to be 

 attributed to the lying duplicity of our guides, who per- 

 suaded us that they knew of several localities. We are 

 satisfied, however, that a strict search in the neighbourhood 

 of the chain at the upper end of the valley where we were 

 would be attended with success. Some detached fragments 

 i\ui\ small insignificant veins and embedded pieces were 

 fi'equently seen. 



If the motive which these men had for deceiving us were 

 a pecuniary one, (and it is scarcely possible to conceive any 

 other,) they must have been greatly disappointed, as they 

 were not even paid for the days they were with us. 



On the first of April, (ominous day,) 1829, two of these 

 men communicated to several gentlemen in Quebec, the 

 story of the abundance of coal in rear of St. Paul's Bay, and 

 endeavoured to extort money in couscqucncc ; but we ai'e 



