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several convenient places for building, where 

 ships of large tonnage have been occasionally 

 constructed. 



The suburb of St. John, above the Coteau 

 Ste. Genevieve, is built on very uneven ground, 

 with an elevation towards the Grande Allee, 

 or road to Sillery. It occupies a mile in length 

 by half a mile in breadth, and is increasing 

 very fast in buildings as well as population; 

 there are several parallel streets crossed by others 

 at right angles, except George Street, which 

 takes adiaiional direction across Richelieu and 

 Olivier Streets, connecting this suburb with 

 St. Roch, by the Cote d'Abraham, and com- 

 municates with the roads to Lorette, Charle- 

 bourg, and Beauport. St. John Street is the 

 priifCipal one, and from the end of it the road 

 continues to Ste. Foi. In different parts of 

 this suburb some well-built houses present 

 themselves, several of which are of stone : on 

 the south side of St. John Street is the Pro- 

 testant burial-ground. In the elections for 

 members of parliament, the inhabitants of St. 

 John's are entitled to vote for the two who 

 represent the Upper Town. On the Chemin 

 de la Grande Allee, just beyond St. Louis 

 Gate, is the house and garden belonging to 

 Mr. Jones; further along the road, on the left 

 hand side, is the building called Fergusson^s 



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