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concession, but the disposal of the whole of it, 

 probably only at a future period. A little be- 

 yond this grant, upon the northern bank of the 

 River Ristigouche, is a small village of domici- 

 liated Indians of the Micmac tribe, which is 

 superintended by a missionary, who resides at 

 Tracadigash or Bonaventure. The communi- 

 cation from Gaspe to Quebec may be kept up 

 by three different routes : one by pursuing the 

 coast of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence; the 

 second is by following the course of the River 

 Ristigouche as far as the River Matapediach, 

 and continuing along the side of it as far as 

 Lake Matapediach ; from thence there is an 

 Indian footpath for nearly thirty miles to the 

 River Mitis, the course of which is pursued 

 imtil it reaches the St. Lawrence near about 

 where the settlements begin; the third route 

 is by proceeding along the Ristigouche River 

 nearly up to its source, from whence there is 

 an Indian footpath or portage road of eleven 

 miles to the Grand River, which flows into the 

 River St. John, fifteen miles above the Great 

 Fall, from whence the traveller proceeds in the 

 road of the Temiscouata portage ; this is the 

 least difficult of the three, and the distance by 

 it from New Carlisle to Quebec is three hun- 

 dred and ninety miles ; this may be shortened 

 by eighteen or twenty miles, by a road that has 



