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to his present establishment. At a considera- 

 ble distance from the high-water mark, a long 

 reef of rocks forms a very convenient break- 

 water, and resists the strong set of the cur- 

 rent from reaching the logs, which are other- 

 wise prevented from drifting away, by means 

 of booms secured at different places, either by 

 ancliors and grapnels, or to ringbolts in the 

 rocks as most convenient. Westward of this 

 place is another inlet called Ritchie's Cove, 

 and to the eastward another spacious timber- 

 ground called Atkinson's, in each of which there 

 are convenient booms and other securities : the 

 former has the appearance of a small village, 

 from the numerous huts erected for the work- 

 men, &c. To these timber-grounds the rafts 

 intended for them are floated in at high-water 

 through openings in the reef of rocks, and 

 secured within the booms ; they are then broken 

 up, the timber sorted, and drawn ashore to 

 proper spots either for seasoning, squaring, or 

 reducing to standard dimensions for exporta- 

 tion. 



Saint Gabriel (the seigniory of), in the 

 county of Quebec, is bounded on the south- 

 west by Gaudarville, Faussembault, and waste 

 crown lands, on the north-east by St. Ignace, 

 in the front by Sillery, and in^ the rear by 

 waste crown lands ; two leagues in breadth on 



