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and which has two fummits "of unequal height, 

 is fituated aim oft in the middle between its two ex- 

 tremities, and only at the diftance of near half a 

 league from the fouth-ihore of it, on which Mont- 

 real is built. This city was fir ft called Filk Marie 

 by its founders, but this name has never obtained 

 the fanction of cuftom in converfation,and holds place 

 only in the public ads, and amongft the lords p ro- 

 prietaries, who are exceeding jealous of it. Thefe 

 lords, who are not only lords of the city, but alfo 

 of the whole ifland, are the governors of the femi- 

 nary of St. Sulpicius ; and as almoft all the lands 

 on it are excellent, and well cultivated, and the city 

 as populous as Quebec, we may venture to fay, this 

 Jordfhip is well worth half a fcore the beft in all 

 Canada. This is the fruit of the induftry and wif~ 

 dom of the lords proprietors of this ifland, and it 

 is certain, that had it been parcelled out amongft 

 a fcore of proprietors, it would neither have been 

 in the fiou riffling ftate in which we now fee it, nor 

 would the inhabitants have been near fo happy. 



The city of Montreal has a very pleafing afpecr, 

 and is befides conveniently fituated, the ftreets well 

 laid out, and the houfes well built The beauty of 

 the country round it, and of its profpectr, infpire 

 a certain chearfulnefs of which every body is per- 

 fectly fenfible. It is not fortified, only a fimple 

 palifado with baftions, and in a very indifferent con- 

 dition, with a forry redoubt on a fmall fpot, which 

 ferves as a fort of outwork, and terminates in a 

 gentle declivity, at the end of which is a fmall fquare, 

 which is all the defence it has. This is the place you 

 firft find on your entering the city on the fide of Que- 

 bec. It is not yet quite forty years fince it was entirely 

 without any fortifications, and confequently was 

 every day expofed to the incurfions of the Englifh 

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