From Quebec to Bay St. Paul. 191$ 



and of marquis de la GaliJJonniefe, I fet 

 out, with fome French gentlemen, to vifit 

 the pretended filver-mine, or the lead- 

 mine, near the bay St. Paid. I was glad 

 to undertake this journey, as it gave me 

 an opportunity of feeing a much greater 

 part of the country, than I mould other^ 

 wife have done. This morning therefore 

 we fet out on our tour in a boat, and 

 went down the river St. Lawrence. 



THE harveft was now at hand, and I 

 faw all the people at work in the corn- 

 fields. They had began to reap wheat and 

 oats, a week ago. 



THE profpeft near Quebec is very lively 

 from the river. The town lies very highj 

 and all the churches, and other buildings, 

 appear very confpicuous. The fhips in the 

 river below ornament the landfcape on 

 that fide. The powder magazine, which 

 ftands at the fummit of the mountain, on 

 which the town is built, towers above all 

 the other buildings. 



THE country we pafled by afforded a no 

 lefs charming fight. The river St. Law- 

 rence flows .nearly from fouth to north 

 here ; on both fides of it are cultivated 

 fields, but more on the weft fide than on 

 the eaft fide. The hills on both mores 

 are fteep, and high. A number of fine 



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