^02 Septeinher 1749. 



gardens from the bottom to the fumfoifi 

 On the fouth-eaft fide is the river St. Law- 

 rente, which is very broad here i and on 

 its fides are exteniive corn-fields and mea- 

 dows, and fine houfes of ftone, which look 

 white at a diflance. At a great diflance 

 fouth-eaflwar4, appear the two high moun- 

 tains near fort Chambldis, and fome others 

 near lake Champ lain, railing their tops a- 

 bove the woods. All the fields hereabouts 

 are filled with fhones of different fizes *, and 

 among them, there is now and then a black 

 lime-ftone. About a French mile from the 

 town, the high road goes along the river^ 

 which is on the left-hand -, and on the 

 right-hand all the country is cultivated and 

 inhabited. The farm-houfes are three, 

 four, or five arpens diftant from each 

 other. The hills near the river are g^nt^ 

 rally high and pretty fteep ; they confifl of 

 earth ; and the fields below them are filled 

 with pieces of rock^flone, and of black 

 lime-flate. About two French miles from 

 Montreal, the river runs very rapidly, and 

 is full of fVones ; in fome places there are 

 fome waves. However, thofe who go in 

 boats into the fouthern parts of Canada, 

 are obliged to work through fuch places. 



Most of the farm-houfes in this neigh- 

 bourhood are of ftone, partly of the black 



lime- 



