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December. Near Green Island is Red Island, 

 and abreast of it on the northern shore is the 

 mouth of the river Saguenay, remarkable even 

 in America for the immense volume of water it 

 pours into the St. Lawrence. Proceeding on^ 

 wards is Bic Island. 153 miles from Quebec, a 

 point that ships always endeavour to make on 

 account of its good anchorage, as well as being 

 the place where men of war usually wait the 

 coming down of the merchantmen; next to Bic 

 is the Isle St. Barnabe, and a little further on 

 the Pointe aux Peres. From this point the 

 river is perfectly clear to the gulf, and the 

 pilots being unnecessary any longer, here give 

 up their charge of such as are bound outwards, 

 and receive those destined upwards. Below 

 Pointe aux Peres are two very extraordinary 

 mountains close to each other, called the Paps 

 of Matane, and nearly opposite them is the 

 bold and lofty promontory of Mont Pelee, 

 where the river is little more than 25 miles 

 wide, but the coast suddenly stretches almost 

 northerly, so much,^ that at the Seven Islands it 

 is increased to73 miles. The settlements on the 

 south side reach down thus far, but hereabouts 

 they may be considered to terminate, as to the 

 eastward of Cape Chat the progress of industry 

 is no longer visible; on the north side the cul- 

 tivated lands extend only to Mallbay. In the 



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