sion as bounding the lower St. Lawrence valley to 

 the south. This valley may be regarded geographic 

 ally as an extension of the great plains of western 

 Canada and central New-York, with which it is 

 connected through tHe valley of Lake Ghamplain. 

 This level country to the south of the Laurentides 

 in the two parts of the province is occupied by sim- 

 ilar rock formations, and constitutes the CHAMPAIGN 

 REGION of Canada, the surface of which is scarcely 

 broken, except by a few isolated hills in the vicinity 

 of Montreal, and by occasional escarpments, ravines, 

 and gravel ridges farther westward. 



The next area to be distinguished consists of the 

 Notre-Dame range on the south side of the St. Law r - 

 renee which forms the belt whose course has just 

 been described, with an average breadth of from 

 thirty to forty miles. To the south and east of this, 

 is a district of undulating land, which extends to the 

 boundaries of the province in that direction. These 

 two districts may for convenience in farther descrip- 

 tion be classed together, and they embrace the re- 

 gion which is generally known as the EASTERN 

 TOWNSHIPS. By this term they are distinguished 

 from the SEIGNIORIES, which bound them to the north 

 and west. To the north-east however, along the 

 Chaudiere River, some few seigniories are fouad 

 within the geographical limits of this third region. 



The whole of the province is well watered with 

 numerous large and small rivers, and in the moun- 

 tainous districts there are great numbers of small 

 lakes, more than 1 ,000 of which are represented on 

 the maps. 



We have in the preceding descriptions divided the 

 country into three distinct regions, and have next 

 to consider the geological structure of these as re- 

 lated to the soil and to agricultural capabilities. 



