78 Augufi 1749. 



uille. We fell down the river St. Law* 

 rence, which was here pretty broad on our 

 left; on the north-weft fide was the ifle of 

 Montreal, and on the right a number of 

 other ifles, and the flhore. The ifle of 

 Montreal was clofcly inhabited along the 

 river $ and it was very plain, and the rifing 

 land near the fhore conlifted of pure mould, 

 and was between three or four yards high. 

 The woods were cut down along the river- 

 fide, for the diftance of an Englijh mile. 

 The dwelling-houfes were built of wood, or 

 {tone, indifcriminately, and white- warned on 

 the outfide. The other buildings, fuch as 

 barns, (tables, &c. were all of wood. The 

 ground next to the river was turned either 

 into corn-fields, or meadows. Now and 

 then we perceived churches on both fides of 

 the river, the (leeples of which were gene- 

 rally on that fide of the church, which 

 looked towards the river, becaufe they are 

 not obliged here to put the fleeples on the 

 weft end of the churches. Within fix 

 French miles of Montreal we faw feveral 

 iflands of different fizes on the river, and 

 moft of them were inhabited ; and if forne of 

 them were without houfes on them, they were 

 fometimes turned into corn-fields, but ge- 

 nerally into meadows. We faw no moun- 

 tains, hills, rocks, or (tones, to-day, the 



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