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the suburbs to the banks of the River St. 

 Charles, which winds beautifully through the 

 valley as before-mentioned, there is a large ex- 

 tent of fine meadow and pasture land, varied 

 at intervals by gardens, and intersected by the 

 road leading from the city to Dorchester bridge. 

 The beaches of the Rivers St. Charles and St. 

 Lawrence, in the neighbourhood of Quebec, 

 require a few words of particular observation, 

 as they are disposed of by specific grants, and 

 sometimes sold in portions at great prices, or 

 let at high rents, or for other valuable consider- 

 ations. That of the River St. Charles from 

 Pointe a Carey to Dorchester bridge is low, 

 flat, and generally sandy, with many groups 

 of rocks lying about it, but particularly be- 

 tween the Point and the Jettj^, where they 

 almost edge the low-water channel ; the space 

 that lies between a line prolonged from St. 

 Peter Street down to the low-water mark of the 

 St. Charles and the St. Lawrence has been 

 conceded by the seminary to Messrs. Munro 

 and Bell, and within its limits these gentlemen 

 have very extensive premises. On a wharf 

 that projects a great way into the river stands 

 a conspicuous large red store-house, well si- 

 tuated to be made a sailing mark, by which 

 directions might be laid down to prevent ves- 

 sels in coming to their anchorage before the 



