l»i'ciin.si' Uii' chain ol" lln' AUt'i:>'liaiiii's. vuiiniiij^' along' the St. Lawrence, 

 has left a narrow strip ol' aral)l'' laud. oiilsitU' oi' which we find only 

 niouutai-'is, hills a)ul narrow A'allcys. 



It is (jnitc trui' thai soiac ol' ili.'s" viilh'ys may bi' oultiA'atcd with 

 adva)i(im-(' ; but th< y arc all parallel to ilic main axis ot'thc chain, so that 

 owino- to the method ol' divitliii'j;' land, thcri' is not sulliiicnt iu 100 

 acres to provide subsistence for a liiri^e tainily. 



Several small parish( s have be»Mi roriued in the )no\intains, amongst 

 others Ste. liliindiiie. St. Naerieii, Ste. [''rancoise, St. Francois-Xavier, 

 St. Paul de la Croix and St. Iloiiore. It is true that the soil is suitable 

 for cultivation, ])ut it is rocky and dilli'tilt to <'iear and thus discourages 

 settlers. 11" they had u'one I'urtiier south, beyond the huire masses oi' rock, 

 they would liave i'ound :; lin. i)la;eau coveri'd with hardwood trees, a rich 

 soil. Tree Irom rocks and ( asy to clear. They wi>uld live there in comlbrt 

 and we Would not have the sorrow oi' seeing them leave their country to 

 go to the United States. And yet we must not bliuu', but jnty them. 

 They knew that a lew mih\s to the south tlic soil was rich, but there 

 were no roads to iio there, and tiny wen' (oo poor to make any. 



It is a dream impossible ol' realization lor :i settler, who has already 

 spent one liair oi' his lit" and ene;gy u]>on an uuLi'ratei'ul soil from which he 

 has derived just i nouffh lo keep him I'ne.n dyini;' (d" hunger, to venture 

 alone ihre.uiili a cliain oi' moiinlains i'ar Irom his I'ellow creatures It is 

 us''le.sts lor him to arouse his patriotism an<l his cnerLry, he can do not hing. 



It i.v much ei!:-iir wtii'n i)overty is at his <loor to jiroceed to a railway 

 .station, buv a tie];ei .al ifdueed rates i'or sonn' Ameriean mrinulacturiiig 

 centre, w \iryi' he is sure to lini! work, hard and ruinous perhaps, but sulh- 

 cient to enabl ' him lo live. 



It was a iiTcat economic error to allow settlers to leave Canadian ter- 

 ritory. The nation should rather havi' saerilicedevery thing to keep them 

 here"; but that social problem was not at all understood. 



At present ideas have comi)leted changed and thii cau.sc of coloniza- 

 tion has attained a level wliich it should always have had. 



The cause of colonization has giv(>n birth to enthousiasm and to 

 .tho.se c(lel)raled words spoki-n by a Minister, Hon. Mr. Duhamel : " 'Ike 

 las/ pine in our foirx/s shall he. sarri/irrt/ Jor our sflllers."' 



Nevertheless, the po]iulation of tht old ])arishes of the counties of 

 Tcmiseouaia and liimouski is increasinir, as the births greatly exct^-d the 

 deaths. 



It is painful to say so, but all thi> families have some of their mem- 

 bers in the LInited States. Our vouim' men think that there is nothing 



