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the bank of Lake Timiscouata, the distance is 

 thirty-seven miles : the direction of the road is 

 generally to the eastward, but it has numerous 

 turns and windings to avoid ascending several 

 very lofty and rugged hills, or crossing deep 

 swamps ; as it is, about twenty-four miles of 

 the distance is over a succession of mountains, 

 many of them rough and very steep. How- 

 ever, none of the formidable impediments exist 

 that were formerly considered so insurmount- 

 able ; and indeed a little exertion, with an ex- 

 pense not very considerable, would render this 

 road as good and convenient for travellins: 

 as can be reasonably expected in a wild and 

 unsettled country. From the bank of the St. 

 Lawrence, up to Cote's Ferry, on the Riviere 

 du Loup, a distance of about five miles, the 

 road is as good as can be desired, and by which 

 carriages of burthen may proceed to the ferry, 

 or to Ballen tine's Mills, a little to the left : the 

 remainder of the vv^ay to Lake Timiscouata has 

 been much improved by corv6es of several hun- 

 dreds of militia men, who were employed in 

 mending it in the 3^ear 1813, under the super- 

 intendence of the Grand Voyer^ Captain Des- 

 timauville. In many parts where the bottom 

 was unsound and swampy, causeways were 

 formed with logs. Though much has been 



