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hero to salisty lln'ir ambilion. Tli>'y arc mistiikoi. If they know the 

 woalth fonliiiii.'d in Iho interior plateau nfllic Allt'i>'hanifs, they would 

 not hcsiiatc in I heir elioice. lUii to niak" tliom ai;(|niiinti'd with this 

 wealth we must at least be able to show them a road leading to it through 

 the mountains. 



ir we mude '.rood roads to tlnit region we woubl perhaps induce our 

 surplus populalii)!. which escapes us each year to go there. 



The ]>roje(t is wortly of execution. It is not much to risk a lew 

 hundreds of dollars when we hiive the i)rospect of a national fortune. 

 And if we attain the desiriul result, in some years, owin<;to the producinj^ 

 powers of our race, the sons ol the hirmers of the counties of Temiscouata 

 and Kimoiiski will have founded 20 or {>0 l''reiich Canadian parishes in 

 the forest. 



Then, from the summit of the S(iuate<k mountain, we would count 

 the ste 'pies of 30 churches where iU)W the eye wonders oAcr iin unbroken 

 forest. 



This is not a vain dream but a problem easy of solution. 



I thouii'li! of all that Avhib' lookinix from the summit of the Squatcek 

 mountains at a forest whos(> wealth and beauty are as ye! unknown. 



Beyond the mountains, shuttiiur in the horizon on all sides, man 

 moves about, opens roads, builds railways and towns, while in thel»osoui 

 of this immense forest, there is nauii'ht but the silent calm of the ibrest 

 under a jiure and i-cnial sky. 



(Signed), C. K DAM0UK8, 



True copy, 



II. A.TURGEON. 



