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by the names of St. Anne, Point Claire, St. Marie, 

 St. Genevieve, St. Charles, St. Jean, St. Remi, 

 St. Francois, de Liesse, St. Luc, St. Paul, de 

 Vertu, Sault au Recollet, St. Laurent, des Neiges, 

 de Verdure, St. Michel, Longue Pointe, Pointe- 

 au-Trenible, Visitation, St. Antoine, Leonor, 

 Riviere des Prairies, and the Coteau St. Louis, 

 and St. Pierre, making so many irregular sub- 

 divisions, or interior districts : there is also a 

 domain of great extent between the Cotes St. 

 Laurent and St. Michel, which is retained for 

 the use of the seminary. With the exception 

 of the mountain, the ridge of the Coteau St. 

 Pierre, and one or two smaller ones of no great 

 elevation, the island exhibits a level surface, 

 watered by several little rivers and rivulets, as 

 La petite Riviere St. Pierre, Riviere Dorval, 

 Ruisseau de FOrme, Ruisseau de Notre Dame 

 des Neiges, La Coulee des Roches, Ruisseau de 

 la Prairie, Ruisseau Migeon, and a few others 

 of inferior note. These streams turn numerous 

 grist and saw-mills in the interior, while many 

 more around the island are worked by the 

 great rivers. From the city of Montreal to the 

 eastward the shores are from 15 to ^0 feet 

 above the level of the St. Laurence; but in the 

 opposite direction, towards La Chine, they are 

 low : between the Coteau St. Pierre and the 

 river the land is so flat, and particularly near 



