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very circumscribed — but it is to be lioped the necessity 

 will be seen, of accjuiriug an accurate knowledge of every 

 league of tliis extraordinary part of the district. 



Tlie coast from Cape Tourmeutc to St. Paul's Bay, 

 exhibits a scries of Iiigh caj)Cs and hcad-huids, gradually 

 diminishing towards St. Paul's Bay, which is encompassed 

 by gentle hills. The land is considered, for some distance 

 back, as tolerably good, and in rear of the Petite Riviere, a 

 quantity of good land i< found extending round the valley 

 of St. Urbaln. In the interior, to the rear of St. Antoine, 

 after gradually asceiuling for a few leagues from the 

 seigniorial line, and thence descending from the summit of 

 the range of hills for a league, a level tract of land L< fallen 

 in with, extending for about six miles in every direction ; 

 beyond this valley, towards the south-we?t, the country is 

 known only to the Indians, who represent it as moun- 

 tainous and covered with a light sand, bearing spruce and 

 birch, and much encumbered •with rocks. Towards the 

 west, mountain is seen to succeed mountain, as far as the 

 eye can distinguish from the most elevated spot. Great 

 fires appear to have occurred at a recent period in this 

 part of tlie country. 



The range ot hills between the Ebouleujents and Malbay 

 arc extremely steep, but more in the interior extensive 

 level tracts are found, consisting of a black vegetable mould 

 overlying saiul. 'J'he country divi;ling the St. Anne's from 

 the Cui,gat,chou,an river, is described as being a series of 

 barren rocky hills and swampy valleys fnll of lakes. 



In the immediate vicinity of the upper part of Malbay 

 river, a range of steep and rugged hilU occur, totally unfit 

 for cultivation, extending far to the west and nortli-wesf, 

 but in the neighborhood of the Malbay lakes some extensive 



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