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To convey a general idea of tlie face ai^cl 

 outline of the province previous to entering 

 on a more minute description, I will assume 

 Quebec as a central point, where the Saint 

 Lawrence is about fifteen hundred yards broad; 

 from the high banks opposite the city the land 

 rises in a gradual ascent for a distance of pro- 

 bably ten leagues towards the first range of 

 mountains; pursuing then a north-easterly 

 course, this chain ends upon the river in the 

 neighbourhood of River du Loup, bounding 

 between it and the two rivers a level well cul- 

 tivated and fertile space, singularly marked 

 with several extraordinary isolated hills, or 

 rather large rocks, thinly covered with small 

 trees about their summits. Returning again 

 opposite to Quebec for a new departure, the 

 same chain is found to take nearly a south- 

 west direction, crossing the line which se- 

 parates the province from the United States to 

 the west of Lake Memphremagog, and con- 

 tinuing the same course until it meets with the 

 Hudson river, leaving the extent between its 

 direction and the Saint Lawrence, excepting 

 two or three of the afore-mentioned isolated 

 hills, nearly level, and which, from the rich- 

 ness of its soil, is very thickly settled and 

 populous. Beyond this range, at about fifty 

 miles distance, is the ridge, generally deno- 



