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beach. At their bases is the route called Le 

 Chemin des Caps, which is the only means of 

 communication between the two places, and 

 not passable at high water. From Cape Mail* 

 lard to Cap de la Baie, a distance of nearly 

 three leagues, there is a narrow space between 

 the river and the rising ground in the division 

 called La Petite Riviere, similar to that on the 

 westward of Cape Tourmente, and which is 

 very well cultivated. Proceeding by the Bay 

 of St. Paul and the Riviere du Gouffre, the 

 country is exceedingly mountainous; but the soil 

 is good, thickly inhabited, and well cultivated. 

 The seigniory is watered by a great many 

 streams flowing into the St. Lawrence and the 

 Riviere du Gouffre; the chief of them are the 

 Montmorenci, Riviere du Sault a la Puce, Ri- 

 viere au Chien, Riviere Ste. Anne, that receives 

 the little rivers a la Rose and des Roches ; Ri- 

 viere du Domaine, flowing from two lakes in 

 the rear of Cape Tourmente, that are at least 

 eight hundred feet above the level of the St. 

 Lawrence ; Riviere du Sault au Cochon, Bras 

 du nord-ouest du Gouffre, Riviere des Mares, 

 Riviere Remus, &c. &c. It is divided into the 

 six parishes of Ange Gardien, Chateau Richer, 

 Ste. Anne, St. Joachim, Baie de St. Paul, and 

 La Petite Riviere ; in each of which there is a 

 church and parsonage-house, besides a grist- 



