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tli('r(>!'((ri' bc'curin.' u-'fcssary to straiylitou it and put it iu ti'ooil ordrr, 

 bi'sidcs oxtciiding it to the Caiiadiaii settli'm.-iit.s, on t\v Rivov Saint John. 



This th<' (lov(M'iniiL'iit uiidiTtook to do, in 1800. It canst'd. what is now 

 known as the new Ti'niiscouala road, to b^ buill. which i,s nothinii,' but 

 thi' old road improved and slrai<i'ht<'nrd over more or less cousid"rabU? 

 di-liiiii-'s, and furried it to thi' IVonticr ol'Ni'AV-Jiiiuiswick. Tiiis inw riiad 

 was ninijii idy (inished and o[)'n to iraliii' in l;-i()2. It wns an admirable 

 road over whi' h a (•onsidi'i'ai)le Irad" v.';is currii'don bi'tw-'eii Madawiiska 

 and Rivirr'-iiu-Jjoup ; to it rlii- hitt.'r owes its pr.'s-nt i)rosp 'rity andoiiei 

 ol' ihi' slronii'. si; a''a'Ufiu'Uls in i'avouv of the coiislrui-tion oi thi' 'L\'uiis- 

 (■ou;;!i) It-iiwiiy whi-h Wiis (■i>.'ni'd io tralhi- in 1<S!^9. At the present liiuo 

 ir tiiki's ahi)M! tlir''" hiiurs I'or the JMurm-y l)<-ivv""n TMvien'-du-Loup and 

 Lalc' Ti niiseonnlii, which iornv'rly 0(;cuj)ied 1 hnv' days. The country 

 hell' is ns;i \crv iut<'ri-siin!j;'. it uiusi be admiit-'d. Most oC tlic joui !i!'y is 

 I linaiu-li ;i pcior kind ot Ibr.'st and ihere is nolluiiii' in th' snrronn<ung- 

 scene) V !i);ttlrncl the Iraveiier's eye. It is a succession oi' heights and 

 ravines \vith aslunt'd L'rowth orti!nl)'r, ot'gra'iite rocks ihrongh wliich 

 miniy cut ! inns have hatl to be nia'h' to allow th" railway to pass and 

 which. iVoin time to time, a-sunie the a[)pea.rai!ce mT smciU bave-topoi^d 

 mountains, whose si<l','s are ::.pa.rselv covered with stunt d vegettttiou 

 reseuibliuL;- a w'nrn and rau'g 'd si'arment. Her-- and liic ■ arc clearings cut 

 out ol'lheiorest present iiii;' to th' view onlv c;tlci|, d ,- iunu)s and large 

 bouM- rs wiii.-h le;ive but iitih- nxnn I'or th> phnigh ..n pa-^s. 



The |',')re>t was !(irin"rly splendid and exteiisi"-', but the specnlatiou 

 and uieedini'ss oClh • lumber merchants liave devastated it, to say Jiothing 

 ol' llic injury lime bv lire vviiich has dcstrovd cvu lo the v -ry r'u»ts 

 and ha. lejt wide st retches costiuninii' only the buriil, blai'kened skeletons 

 ol' trees, stripp 'd of their })ranches. awaiting oiilv the hand of nniu 

 to sir-tch tii"i!i on (he u'round. Si ill the ior 'si, or;easionallv shows some of 

 its former si>1'IkL'U1' aii'l Li'ivcs rise to momenta ;y illusions. bill the irregular 

 rock;-. tl).e rtm':.>'ed and ste >p heinhis whi-'h s!n)W up iii t'le distauci' like 

 Avriiikls on a withered I'aco, soon re-appe.ir and thrust their ugly leatur's 

 on th' sad iookiiiL;' si-enery. 



Several i)arishes are passed without even suspecting their existence, 

 for th ■ line runs nearly always through th • woods, through rocks, along 

 gorges or ••Icariiius which convey no idea of the rather advanced cultivacioii 

 close l)y. We puss St. Mod sti'. St. I'rancois, Sl.IIouore and arrive at 

 8t, liouis, whose church a[)p''irs on a rocky height (;ont;uiding with dried 

 stuinps and dominating by a lew feet a thin lini' of houses very dislaut 

 from each other and buttressed on th ' rugged soil, as if defending 

 thenisi'lv. s against the lorest which surrounds th -m on all sides. IJut 

 here the specta le will promptly chauir". AVe approach Ca})ano. th ' spot 

 on whicii are thi- ruii's of" Kort Ingall " aiul which takes its name froia 

 the livm' which at that lilace fails into Lake Temiscouata. 



