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western bank of Riviere Ste. Anne for about 

 six miles. From the increased elevation of 

 this part, and its great exposure to the se- 

 verity of the climate, agriculture often experi- 

 ences powerful checks, and the crops sometimes 

 sustain serious injury ; however, great industry 

 among the inhabitants, who are altogether esti- 

 mated at between five and six hundred, sup- 

 plies them abundantly, and leaves something 

 to spare of all the necessaries and many of the 

 comforts of life. The road through the settle^ 

 ment of La Petite Riviere is, for the space of 

 about six miles, well settled on each side ; the 

 houses neat, and the farms in a respectable 

 state of tillage. The road continues to La 

 Martine, a settlement about three miles in the 

 interior, from whence it goes on through Cote St. 

 Antoine and Cote St. Gabriel, as far as Riviere 

 Remus, a distance of about ten miles and a 

 half; at short intervals through this route 

 there are houses and farms in a flourishing state 

 of agriculture. In St. Paul's Bay, and along 

 the Riviere du GoufFre, the settlements are 

 girt by a lofty range of mountains stretching 

 northward from the St. Lawrence, and enclosing 

 a valley of about thirteen miles in length, and 

 from a mile to a mile and a half in breadth ; 

 the greatest part of which is numerously inha- 

 bited, and very well cultivated, notwithstand- 



