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den, Gayhurst, Chesham, Emberton, and Dray- 

 ton. In Weedon, Coleraine, and Garthby, is 

 situated Lake St. Francis, of considerable di- 

 mensions, forming two expanses of water that 

 are connected by a short river or channel. It 

 is surrounded in every direction by lofty wood- 

 covered mountains, approaching each other so 

 close on either side of the little river as almost 

 to cut off the communication of the waters be- 

 tween the two parts of the lake : these moun- 

 tains contain iron ore in many places. On the 

 topographical map, Lake St. Francis is deU- 

 neated by dotted Unes, and laid down from the 

 reports of various persons who have penetrated 

 that country, and of the Indian hunters : it may 

 not therefore be correct in all its points ; but as 

 there never has been a survey of it made, such 

 authorities are all that afford any resources for 

 its description. 



THE DISTRICT OF QUEBEC 



Extends from the seigniory of Grondines, 

 whose western boundary joins the district of 

 Three Rivers, down the St. Lawrence on the 

 north side as far as the River St. John, on the 

 coast of Labrador; and on the south side 

 from the seigniory of Deschaillons as far down 

 as Cape Chat, where it is met by the district of 



