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the steep called Coteau Ste. Genevieve, from 

 whence the descent is more than one hundred 

 feet nearly perpendicular ; at the foot of it the 

 ground is level, and continues so as far as the 

 River St. Charles, and in fact far beyond it. The 

 distance across the peninsula from one river to 

 the other, in front of the line of fortification, is 

 one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven 

 yards ; these fortifications may be called the e/i- 

 ceinte of the city, and the circuit within them 

 upon which it stands is about two miles and 

 three quarters ; out of this space forty acres or 

 thereabouts on Cape Diamond are occupied by 

 or reserved for military works. From the Cape 

 in a north-easterly direction, there is an easy 

 diminution in the height of the rock of about 

 one hundred and fifteen feet to the Castle of 

 St. Louis and the grand battery, that crests a 

 perpendicular steep of two hundred and thirty 

 feet above the level of the river, overlooking 

 the lower town. This altitude and frowning 

 appearance continues with very little alteration 

 round the town as far as the entrance called 

 Palace Gate, where it sinks to the ridge already 

 mentioned at the foot of Coteau Ste. Gene- 

 vieve, and continues its course at nearly the 

 same elevation, through the parish of St. Foi, 

 connecting itself with Cape Rouge, and form- 

 ing between the River St. Lawrence, the valley 



