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-can, cross it at different points between the: 

 mountains. To a distance of about six miles 

 from the front, all the land is in a flourishing 

 state of cultivation, every where interspersed 

 with well-built houses, good gardens and well 

 stocked farms : beyond this part a wilderness 

 spreads on every side, dreary and untrodden by 

 human beings, except the Indians in their 

 hunting excursions. The church and parson- 

 age of St. Ambroise, the church of La Vielle 

 Lorette, the church and village of La Jeune 

 Lorette, one grist-mill and one saw-mill, are all 

 within this grant; roads in every direction 

 communicate with Quebec and the surround- 

 ing seigniories. The Indian village of La 

 Jeune Lorette is between eight and nine miles 

 from Quebec, situated on the eastern side of 

 the River St. Charles, upon an eminence that 

 commands a most interesting, varied, and ex- 

 tensive view; the city and environs of Quebec, 

 always beautiful in whichever way they are 

 seen together, form a prominent part of it, but 

 it extends widely over the southern shore, and 

 is terminated only by the softened forms of the 

 southern mountains. The number of houses is 

 between forty and fifty, which on the exterior 

 have something like an appearance of neatness ; 

 they are principally built of wood, although 

 there are some few of stone. The inhabitants 



