2o Auguft 1749.' 



full of frefli water this morning. About 

 five o'clock in the evening, we arrived at 

 bay St. Pau/, and took our lodgings with 

 the priefts, who have a fine large houie here, 

 and entertained us very hofpitably. 



BAY St. Paul is a fmall parish, about 

 eighteen French miles below Quebec, lying 

 at fome diftance from the ftiore of a bay 

 formed by the river, on a low plain. It is 

 furrcunded by high mountains on every fide, 

 one large gap excepted, which is over- 

 againft the river. All the farms are at fome 

 diftance from each other. The church is 

 reckoned one of the moft ancient in Cana- 

 da r; which feems to be confirmed by its bad 

 architecture, and want of ornaments ; for 

 the walls are formed of pieces of timber, 

 prefted at about two feet diftance from each 

 other, fupporting the roof. Between thefe 

 pieces of timber, they have made the walls 

 of the church of lime-flate. The roof is 

 flat. The church has no fleeple, but a bell 

 fixed above the roof, in the open air. Al- 

 moft all the country in this neighbourhood 

 belongs to the priefts, who have leafed it to 

 the farmers. The inhabitants live chiefly 

 upon agriculture and making of tar, which 

 Jaft is fold at Quebec. 



THIS country being low, and fituated 

 upon a bay of the river, it may be conjec- 

 tured, 



