138 Lieut. Baddeley on the geognosy 
trap we have described, which character is wanting 
in the syenites—From David River. 
5.—A mixture of hornblende and felspar, the former pre- 
dominating—consequently a trap—from the falls of 
the River Quitchouan, two hundred and_ thirty-six 
feet high, according to Mr. Bouchette. 
6.—Similar to No. 1.—From La Petite Décharge—a vein 
of white felspar traverses this rock. 
EARTHS. 
No. 1.—A mixture of sand, clay, vegetable matter and iron— 
The sand in excess—indifferent soil—River Peribo- 
nea. 
2.—The same as No. 1—with little or no iron—R. Peri- 
bonea- 
$.—A loam or brick earth—good soil—Lake Nohaduito 
—taken from under the vegetable matter. 
4.—Sandy bad soil laying beneath No. 3, a foot deep 
and resting on No 5. 
5.—A good marly clay—same thickness as No. 4, and 
resting on No. 6. 
6.—An excellent marly clay. 
7.—A fine dark vegetable mould, twenty paces from the 
edge of a rivulet running into Lake Nixon. 
8.—Mixture of clay aud sand—tolerable soil—du. 
9.—Sand, clay, vegetable earth and iron—light and 
sandy—do. 
10.—Ditto ditto ditto—River Baddeley. 
11.—Sand and vegetable earth—poor soil—ditto. 
Upon reaching Tadousac, on our return home, its latitude 
was made, 48°. 6/ 38’—~and immediately afterwards we 
entered the St. Lawrence, on our way to St. Paul’s Bay, pas- 
sing Pointe aux Bouleaux, of which some account was given 
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