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of the province ; the exports consist of wheat, 

 timber, though now not so much as formerly, 

 and the produce of its iron foundery, added to 

 that of the mines of St. Maurice : peltry in 

 small quantities still continues to be brought 

 hither by the Indians from the northward, and 

 which is received by the agents of the North 

 West Company. Several pot and pearl ash 

 manufactories, two or three breweries, and an 

 extensive brick manufactory, considerably in- 

 crease the general trade of the place : many of 

 the bark canoes used in the north-west voyages 

 are built here, and of the same material a va- 

 riety of ingenious and ornamental works and 

 toys are made. As a shipping port it is conve- 

 niently situated, there being a sufficient depth 

 of water for ships of large tonnage to lie close 

 to the wharfs and receive or discharge their 

 cargoes by a temporary stage from their gang- 

 ways. The town itself possesses but little to 

 attract a stranger's notice ; the streets are nar- 

 row and unpaved ; the principal one is Rue 

 Notre Dame, running the whole length of it, 

 almost parallel with the river ; next to this are 

 the Rues des Forges, du Tleuve, du Rempart, 

 St. Maurice, du Platon, des Casernes, St. Louis, 

 St. Jean, and St. Pierre, which may be said to 

 constitute nearly all the inhabited part of the 

 place. The shops and storehouses are numer- 



