We find hoiisos situated in thi^ most oxtraordiiinry places possible. Soinc- 

 timos there is not room enouL^'h on thi'. same mound for both the house 

 and 'ts dependencies ; avc (irst see the house on a hill and then th" barn 

 in a ravine belnw, thus discovering one after the other. 



Th<' countrj' is so brolcn that my driver could not avoid savin u' : 

 " The I'arth dances ln're, Sir, it is one of Nature's quadrilles." Hill 

 succeeds hill, one's whole time is spent in as(<endinar and descending, and 

 yet these hills arc nothino: "ompared to thosi- luithcr back in the new 

 parislies ol" Sainte Angele. Saint (labri"l and Saint Marcellin. 



On arrivinti' at the villaii'e ofSainl Donnt, the liills recMulc a little aiul 

 wo ent'r a valley where the hori^^on widens and thciT is more space. 



The village is not considerable, but, on the other hand, the land is 

 very fertile. \Ye see the splendid fields of cereals which we recollect 

 having seen in the best sections of thi^ Province ; we s -c attempts at 

 horticulture and cA'ery app "arance of comfort all along the road. 



After driving a1)out eie'ht miles further and having passed through 

 about two or three miles of comparatively wild land, we see before us, 

 on the winding })auks of the river Meti.s, at the hottoiu of a pleasaut 

 valley, tile pretty and picturesque village of Ste Aiiirele. which afibrds a 

 pleasant change to the eye whieh has gazed for so ling on the broken 

 country through whi<di we have passed. Ste Angel • is the jew*d of the 

 interiorof the cotmty of Iviniouski. Not only has Nature .-udowed it with 

 special privil ges and gifts whi(di make it beautiful and attractive, but 

 its 2' ■ographi(,'al situation has made it a centre from which ix)lonization 

 radial s in every direction. 



Ii is situated on the river Metis, at an equal distance (about seven 

 miles) from two stniions on the Intercolonial, Ste Flavii> and St Octave. 

 It has on one side the Matap 'dia road which goes from Ste Flavio to the 

 Bail! des ('lial-ur.s, and, on the ot h t. the new road whieh has been cut 

 this year thnmgh the forest, which starts from Ste Angele, and follows the 

 River Metis till it reaches the large lake called by thesame name, twenty- 

 one miles further on. Ail around the village are hills rising gently, one 

 above the other, which are calh'd mountains and which can be cultivated 

 to half or three fourths of their height. 



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All the laud is remarkably fertile, the grain is long and heavy eared ; 

 the crops of oats and wheat are as fine as the yield of hay is good, and one 

 is quite astonished at such a sight in a place where civilization is sup- 

 posod to have but barely penetrated. But this is an erroneous idea which 

 must at once be dispelled. 



In our courtry the people of the new s<'ttlemv'nts are generally the 

 most wide-awak(> and the most incined to adopt progressive measures. Not 

 being hampered by routine, by tradition, by the use of old fashioned 



