of a part of the Saguenay Country, &c. 149 
valley below, we were reminded of the vale of Clwyd in North 
Wales. It is however neitherso wide nor so long. The 
mountains en each side are tolerably elevated and of course — 
rocky, but the valley is gently undulated land of a fine quality, 
being a mixture of clay, sand and probably carbonate of lime 
which abounds in the neighbourhood. This valley continues 
for about six or seven leagues, and is perhaps half a league 
wide. The road (an excellent one) extends about five and a 
balf leagues up this valley, beyond which a pathway leads to 
the remotest settlements. There is a cross valley on the left 
bank of the river which is said to communicate with the valley 
of the Malbay river, ' 
The parish of St. Urbain is situated towards the upper end 
of the valley, and it was here that we stopped to examine the 
deposite of iron, One bed lays westward of Vincent Trem- 
blay’s house on the summit of the hill, and about two miles 
from the river. Having crossed the valley a distance of about 
a mile,.we came to the foot of the hill which rises at ap angle 
of from 100, to 150. Here we found large detached masses 
of this ore, and ascending the hill for about another mile 
we reached the summit. When we arrived at this place it was 
found to be characterized by the total absence of trees, and 
looked like a piece of cleared land of about three or four acres 
in extent. Near the centre of this, and where the ground be- 
gan to fall, the ore was seen cropping out of the ground, in 
one black metallic mass of considerable size. We traced it 
without excavation for about sixty yards in length, and perhaps 
three in width, here and there covered by moss or a few 
shrubs only. The rock with which the ore is associated is a 
pale syenite ; in it the felspar is very predominating, the wea- 
thering of which gives a cream colour tu the rock externally, 
That we saw was not solid but in loose angular rotten pieces, 
aud this we found to be the case upon subsequently probing to 
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