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from thti bnl of the- Octv'iii. an tininterrnptod series of platoaus risiuij one 

 abovn the other iu tho form of terraces. 



It is v.'vy important to have an easy passasre throiiiih tho mountains, 

 and Ihi' Trois-Pisioles river offers an excellent om*. 



This s'ries of terraces forms a lonir strip of arable land which con- 

 nects the rich nlluvial lauds of Trois-Tislolcs with the interior plateau of 

 the Alleq-haiiies, and allows a lonii: contiiuious line of dwellings to be 

 built as far the good farming country. 



8ettl(>rs, on the north side of the mountains, will, consequently, not 

 be isohited. 



The parish of Trois-Pistoh\s has opened th" township of Begon (St. 

 Jean (If Dicii.) The township of Hogon. iu its turn sends settlers further 

 south to the banks of the rivers U()is])uscac'ae and Trois-i istoles. All 

 that has to be done now is to push on the movement in order to obtain 

 wonderful ri'.sults. The slightest step in that direction would be fruit- 

 ful. 



It would cost but littli' to open a good road to tlie first lake iSquat(M'k ; 

 no one in Trois-Pistoles and St. Jean d" Disu^ ignores what a b'-neficial 

 effect it would have. 



Thi' n'n'n-f f/es Oufrra (;omes from ih(» east. It takes its rise beyond 

 the lac (Ifn Oiilrf^, ei.;hteeu miles from the Touladi river, in a straight 

 line. It Hows slowly over a shallow ;iud reyular bed. Its waters are 

 remarkably clejvr and very pleasant to the taste. 



AH the ("ountry watered by this river and the ^ast an<l west rivers, 

 its tributaries, are eovered with lin(^ forests of elm, black birch, ash and 

 maple, alternationg with cedar, spruce and pine. 



The river Squati'ck rises at the loot of the hills which f(n-m the 

 southern boundary of the Prtn'ince. Theienre four lakes along its course : 

 Crnnt'l lac ^iinahrlr, nine miles long and two miles wi(b' ; the Sugar loaf 

 lake, the s 'cond lake Squateck and the first lake Squateck ; the three 

 latter really form but one lake. 



(hand lac St/iiahrk attraets the attention of the traveller by its extent, 

 the dark colour of its waters which seem to cover abysses, the pictur- 

 esqueness of its shores and, above all. by the line wooded hills which sui- 

 roun<l it. 



These hills are similar in shajie, run all in the same direction and are 

 nearly all of tin; same hejnlit. Om. is tempted to believe that the natural 

 phenomena, still unknow^n, which formed the undulations near the 

 mountains in the Canadian North- W(>st, has been repeated here, 



