2 1 6 Country between the Rivers 



Remarks on the Country lying between the 

 Rivers St. Maurice and Saguenay, on 

 the North Shore of the fSt. Lawrence, by 

 Lieut. Ingall, \5th Regt. 



It was not until a very recent period that the extensive 

 tract of country comprised between tlie River St. Lawrence 

 and the mountain ridge forming tlie land's height, towards 

 the north and north-west, became at all known, cither 

 with respect to its natural history, or its capabilities for 

 settlement ; nor have the public at large, to the present 

 day, been made acquainted with the results of the various 

 examinations of this portion of the lower province. 



Many of the surveyors who have been employed, were 

 engaged by private individuals ; and the reports of those 

 sent out by the government, were of necessity confined to 

 the circulation of a few copies for the information of the 

 Legislature ; and, with the exception of that excellent 

 paper on the " Geognosy of the Saguenay Country," by 

 Lieut. Baddeley, published in this society's first volume, 

 I know of no other authentic account of the country in 

 question. 



1 have already had the honor of laying before the society 

 my observations on the country contained between the 

 rivers St. Maurice and Aux Lievres, as far as the junction 



