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notice for the easy lightness, and at the same 

 time solidity of its construction; the natural 

 high bank of the river on each side is finished 

 by masonry into solid piers, from whence the 

 arch, entirely of timber, forms a handsome 

 segment raised to more than the ordinary ele- 

 vation above the stream ; its appearance alto- 

 gether is well calculated to attract attention : 

 near the west end of it is a small well-built 

 cottage most romantically situated, wherein 

 the collector of the bridge toll resides. The 

 village of Pointe aux Trembles, consisting of 

 about 25 houses, a church, parsonage-house, 

 and what is termed a convent, is exceedingly 

 well seated on a projecting point of the same 

 name, rising but a few yards above the level 

 of the St. Lawrence; it is backed by an am- 

 phitheatre of gently rising hills cultivated to 

 their very summits, embellished by farm-houses 

 mostly built of stone, surrounded by gardens 

 and extensive orchards, affording in every di- 

 rection, but from the river particularly, a rich, 

 variegated, and pleasing coi/p d'osil. Many of 

 the houses in the village are of stone, their inha- 

 bitants industrious and wealthy, which is also 

 the case with most of the hahitans of this seig- 

 niory. The convent is an establishment for 

 female education, conducted by two sisters of 

 the congregation of Quebec, who reside in it 



