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Tho setlina: f^^m produces marvellous offects of lii^ht and shadow, 

 wlioth'T it shines thronsi'h the IriiigM^ oT elms and ash, and <jfilds the sur- 

 face of 1 he wafer, or hall'hidden b.diind the large trees, ii shows but a 

 half ray. 



II IT'' the sha<h)ws si)read heavy and i>ersistent over trees and water, 

 wilh tile I'oolnesv; of the evening" and call ujion niu'ht to appear; thi're, 

 (he riv"r. inriiinii- a])rnplly to the south, allows I'l ■ ia-^t rays oi' the setting 

 sua V(> streleli in ionu' luminous streaks upon both banks. 



The riviM's Squat eek. I'^agle and ilrx Otitr^s fall into the Riiuire ilea 

 Fjiik.v. Morlrx. at a [)la'(^ c, tiled the '• I'^orks," eight miles from tho Touladi 

 lakes. 



At the Forks, we are in the midst of a fine level country; not a 

 mountain or hill breaks, to an appreciable degree. th(* uniformity of tho. 

 l)lain. (.)n the hiMizDn th" ey,' s ■■■s the bnixndary of the great forest, and 

 an illusion is caus.'d wliieh is i'ar from the reality. 



In the siliMif,' n\' ihi^ slei-piug forest, one is struck with mut(> admira- 

 tion in j)res.'iice of I he savaixe bi'auly aroiind him. The sky is perfet-tly 

 cle;ir. theairis pi ';i>.iii; ly warm. On the slumb'Ting waters, th"ri3 is not 

 a brv-ath to wriukf th"ir surfec. and, in tho forest, there is not a voice, 

 not a cry. lo di>i,uii) th- silen/»' of the night which falls giMitly aiul p 'ace- 

 fuUv over sluuib'r-sei'kiiig Nature. 



I'agle river takes its source in liagle lake. It Hows through a dense 

 forest over a bed of alluvial soil of incomparable fertility. 



Ill several places the branches of tho trees iiit'-rlock above tho traiu|uil 

 waters and cover iii-'in with a dome of foliage. 



I'iagle lake ree 'ives the waters of tho 8t. John river, which takes its 

 risi' ill lake Si. .lolui, in the tovvnshii> of Kaudot. which adjoins tho 

 parish of St. Jean de IIk-u, in the county of Temiscouata. 



This lake euts I ransversely the main axis of the All(\ghany chain; 

 n"Verlh''li'ss the land around it is levid and lertile. 



The mountain^ have sulfcred more lr(>m erosion h'-n^ than anywhere 

 {•\s'\ K'ockv mass s removed by the action of water and atm(»spheric 

 ag'iits, have giv n place to a line alluvial plateau, in which are situated 

 lake St. .loliii. hir il Id Sail I'd iTf^Kc and the seven lakes of the Trois-l'istolcs 

 river. The latter with its tributary, the riviT IJoisbuscacho, have assisted 

 in thij transformation. 



The Trois-Tistolcs river, cutting its channel through tho chain of tho 

 Allegluinies. formed, as the lands of the Champlain fornuition emerged 



