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but about a mile and a half higher up the river 

 there is another, where the charge is only three- 

 pence each person, and fifteen-pence for a 

 horse and carriage. By the side of this road 

 stands the church of the seigniory, with its 

 parsonage-house. At the mouth of the Saint 

 Maurice are the islands Bellerive, au Cochon, 

 St. Christophe, La Croix, and L'Abri; they 

 are low, and almost covered with wood of the 

 inferior sorts, but afford some very good graz- 

 ing land. It was in contemplation some time 

 since to throw a bridge across this river opposite 

 to the Isle St. Christophe. Such a measure 

 would prove of so great public utility as to ex-- 

 cite hopes that the design is not abandoned. 

 On a route so much frequented as this is, 

 the undertakers of the plan could hardly fail of 

 deriving a handsome profit by their speculation ; 

 the impediments to carrying it into effect, from 

 the experience derived already in the execu- 

 tion of similar projects, are not very difficult to 

 be overcome. Between Isle Bellerive and the 

 main there is a very good situation for laying 

 up river craft during the winter season, where 

 they remain secure, in about eight feet water, 

 and escape all injury from the breaking up of 

 the ice in the spring. The St. Maurice is one 

 of the large rivers that pour their streams into 

 the St, Lawrence : the depth of it is inconsider- 



