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^ scene, and the contrast between the uninteresting flat coun- 

 try from St. Hyacinthe to this point, where the traveller 

 coming eastwards first strikes this river, is the more pleasing. 

 From hence the St. Francis pursues its northerly course, 

 and the railway leaves its valley and .stretches at right 

 angles, east and west, for Quebec or Montreal. 



On the Quebec branch, eight miles east of Richmond, is 

 Danville, around which the country is of a highly agricul- 

 tural nature. Although it is but a small village, there is an 

 academy here fitted up with complete astronomical and 

 philosophical apparatus. The view from the village square 

 looking eastwards towards Tingwick is park-like and hand- 

 some. From "Claremont Hill," one mile distant, the pros- 

 pect is beautiful, and at sunrise is perfectly magnificent. A 

 cone-shaped hill called "The Pinnacle," three miles from 

 the village, rises looo feet, nearly perpendicularly above the 

 plain, over which it towers, a landmark to be seen for miles 

 distant. From it Sherbrooke, thirty-six miles distant, can 

 be easily seen with a glass. Kingsey Church, twelve miles 

 distant, is visible to the naked eye ; — this mountain is a 

 favourite resort for pic-nic parties. A visit to Nicolet Falls, 

 two miles, and Kingsey Falls, seven miles distant, will afford 

 a pleasant excursion, to say nothing of the fish to be found 

 there. From a high ridge on the highway leading from 

 Shipton to Danville, the view perhaps is equal to any in the 

 Townships. Slate quarries have been recently opened in 

 the Township of Kingsey, and the slate is said in composi- 

 tion to resemble the finest Welsh slate. 



Leaving Richmond westwards we come to Acton or 

 Acton Vale, twenty miles distant, where are very rich copper 

 mines, the produce of which is valued at $150 per ton; the 

 facilities for the transportation of the mineral to any part 

 from here are excellent, and these mines rank next in pro- 

 ductiveness to the Copper districts of Lake Superior 

 RoxTON Falls, six miles distant, connected by a daily 



