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city of the British North American dominions; 

 and Quebec, viewed as a military position, may 

 always be looked upon as an impregnable bul- 

 wark to them. When the act that passed the 

 provincial parliament, in 1801, for removing 

 the old walls and fortifications surrounding the 

 city of Montreal, and otherwise to provide for 

 the salubrity, convenience, and embellishment 

 of the said city,^' shall have been carried into 

 effect, according to the plan projected, none of 

 the external possessions of England, excepting 

 its easternd ominions, will embrace a town of 

 so much beauty, regularity, extent, and con^ 

 venience as this. Part of these alterations, as 

 far as the sums hitherto assigned would enable 

 the commissioners to proceed, have already 

 been made, and the remainder will be continued 

 as fast as turther funds become applicable. 

 The^e improvements are intended to be as fol- 

 lows : an elevated terrace, extending from the 

 suburbs on thq south-west side of the city, along 

 the river as far as the Quebec suburbs ; which, 

 independeut qf its utility as a road, will be suf- 

 ficieiitly high to form an effectual barrier against 

 th^ floatipg ice. at the breaking up of the frost; 

 it will also impede the communication of fire to 

 the town, ^ould it take place among the large 

 quantities^ of timber and wood of every descrip- 



