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when they strike off to the northward, in which 

 direction they are supposed to have their sources 

 in some of the lakes of that part of the country 

 which at present is but very httle known. Their 

 streams are interrupted by many falls and 

 rapids, that would render them unnavigable, 

 even if the shallowness of the water did not do 

 so : near where they discharge into the St. 

 Lawrence, their banks are low, but more to the 

 interior they are much higher, in some places 

 rocky, but generally covered with fine timber. 

 On the east side of River St. Anne, and near 

 the St. Lawrence, is the village of St. Anne, 

 containing about 30 houses, a handsome church, 

 a parsonage-house, and a chapel ; here are also 

 a few shopkeepers, and an inn with good ac- 

 commodations, where the stage-coaches put 

 up, and also a post-house. At the village is a 

 ferry, where canoes and scows are always to 

 be had for transporting travellers, carriages, 

 &c. The river is here so shallow that the large 

 boats are set across by poles : the charge for 

 each person is three-pence, and one shilling for 

 a horse and carriage. The property of this 

 ferry was granted in perpetuity by letters patent 

 to the late Honourable C. de Lanaudiere, his 

 heirs, &c. Owing to the inundation during the 

 spring, the main road from Quebec is further 

 retired from the bank of the St. Lawrence at 



