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to the shore of the St. Lawrence, the whole 

 tract is rough and unfertile, being covered 

 with almost impenetrable forests, except a few 

 spots on the river, where grants have been 

 made of land that is supposed eligible to culti- 

 vation. There is not much difference on the 

 south-east side of the ridge, until approach- 

 ing pretty close to the shore of the Bay of 

 Chaleurs, where, bordering on the sea and for 

 some distance inland, there are in several places 

 portions of land upon which agriculture might 

 be successfully carried on to a much greater 

 extent than it is at present. The line of coast 

 from Cape Chat in the St. Lawrence round by 

 Cape Roziere to the River Ristigouche, at the 

 bottom of the Bay of Chaleurs, is about 280 

 miles: from Gaspe bay, near the latter cape, 

 to Ristigouche bay, the coast is divided into 

 townships called Carleton, Maria, Richmond, 

 Hamilton, Coxe, Hope, and Nos. 7, 8, and 9, 

 each from eight to twelve miles in breadth, 

 and intended to be nine miles in depth. In the 

 tract extending from Richmond to the eastern 

 boundary of Hopetown there are several patches 

 running at least eight miles back, that are likely 

 to prove fertile and productive : in Coxe town- 

 ship the depth of the moderately good arable 

 land is estimated to exceed 18 miles. The dis- 

 tance from Richmond to Hope township is about 



