flourishing part of Lower Canada, not from its 

 luxuriant soil alone, but also from its lying 

 contiguous to the United States, and com- 

 prehending the main roads and principal points 

 of comnmnication between the two territories, 

 both by land and water, by which an uninter- 

 rupted intercourse can be at all times, and in 

 defiance of prohibition, so easily maintained. 

 From the Chaudiere to Lake Temiscouata the 

 land is much broken, irregular, and of an in- 

 different quality ; but here and there are in- 

 terspersed some good and productive tracks, 

 that would soon repay the expense of clearing 

 and cultivating. 



From Lake Temiscouata, near where it en- 

 ters the district of Gaspe, to Cape Rosier, the 

 interior has been but partially explored; how- 

 ever, such parts of it as are known bear an 

 appearance of sterility that encourages but 

 slender hopes of remunerating the labours of 

 the husbandman, even with a scanty crop, 

 being generally of a rugged and mountainous 

 character. This description must be under- 

 stood as applicable in its full extent to the in- 

 terior only, because, on the banks of the Saint 

 Lawrence, some good spots are frequently met 

 with, but hitherto none of them have been 

 settled upon. On the south side of the ridge 

 down to the shores of Gaspe and Chaleur bay, 



