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minated the Land's-Height, dividing the waters 

 that fall into the Saint Lawrence from those 

 taking a direction towards the Atlantic ocean, 

 and along whose summit is supposed to run 

 the boundary line between the territories of 

 Great Britain and the United States of Ame- 

 rica. This chain commences upon the eastern 

 branch of the Connecticut river, takes a north- 

 easterly course, and terminates near Cape 

 Rosier in the gulf of Saint Lawrence. The 

 extent of country lying between these two 

 ridges varies very much in quality and fruit- 

 fulness according to its peculiar situation, but, 

 perhaps, a tolerable idea may be formed by 

 the following division of it. From the boundary 

 on the 45th degree of north latitude as far as 

 the river Chaudiere, is a district of excellent 

 and fertile land, divided mostly into townships, 

 many parts thereof settled and under culti- 

 vation; offering generally facilities for agri- 

 cultural speculations, which, in the hands of 

 enterprising settlers, would not fail to afford 

 ample returns for capital applied to such pur- 

 suits. In fact, this track bounded by the Saint 

 Lawrence, the Chaudiere, and the province 

 line in shape of a triangle, whose western ex- 

 tremity is St. Regis, holds out the flattering 

 prospect, if due encouragement be given, of 

 becoming, at no very distant period, the most 



