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poffibly exceed the delightfulnefs of its fituatioii 

 It is built on a Tandy declivity, on which there is 

 juft barren ground fufficient to contain the town, if 

 ever it come to be a large place-, for at prefent it is 

 far from being confiderable. It is, moreover, fur- 

 rounded with every thing that c&n contribute to 

 render a place at once rich and pleafant. The river, 

 which is near half a league over, w allies its foundations* 

 Beyond this you fee nothing but cultivated lands, 

 and thofe extremely fertile, and crowned with the 

 nobleft forefts in the univerfe. A little below, and 

 on the fame fide with the town, the St. Lawrence 

 receives a fine river, which juft before it pays the 

 tribute of its own waters, receives thofe of two 

 others, one on the right, and the other on the left, 

 from whence this place has the name of the Three 

 Rivers. 



Above, and almoft at an equal diftance, lake St'. 

 Peter begins, which is about three leagues broad 

 and feven long. Thus there is nothing to con-* 

 fine the profpecl: on that fide, and the fun feems to 

 fet in the water. This lake, which is no more than 

 a widening of the river, receives feveral rivers. It 

 is probable enough that thefe rivers have, in a courfe 

 of years, worn away the low moving earth on which 

 they flowed ; this is very fenfible with refpecl: to 

 lake St. Francis, in the mouth of which are feveral 

 iflands, which might have formerly been joined to 

 the Continent. Befides, over all the lake, except 

 in the middle of the channel, which is kept at its 

 full depth by the force of the current, there is no 

 failing except in canoes, and there are even fome 

 places, where large canoes, ever fo little loaded, 

 cannot eafily pafs ; to make amends, it is every 

 where well ftored with fiih, and that too of the 

 mod excellent forts. 



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