Prom ^Ebec to Bay St. Pan!. igj 



and of marquis de la Galijfonniere, I kt 

 our, with fome French gentlemen, to vifit 

 the pretended filver-mine, or the lead- 

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

 to undertake this journey, as it gave mc 

 an opportunity of feeing a much greater 

 part of the country, than I (hould other- 

 v/ife 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 ali the people at work in the corn- 

 fields. They had began to reap wheat and 

 oats, a week ago. 



The profped: near Quebec is very lively 

 from the river. The town lies very high, 

 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, v/hich 

 flands at the fummit of the mountain, on 

 which the town is built, towers above all 

 the other buildings. 



The country we palled 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 fhores 

 are fteep, and high. A number of fine 



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