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runs in so faf as to leave an isthmus of no more 

 than one mile in breadth; up this bay is the 

 general route from the south side of the St. 

 Lawrence to Kingston ; at the entrance of it 

 lies Carleton Island, which has a good harbour, 

 and was in the year 1775 the naval depot, but 

 at present it is seldom occupied by more than 

 a non-commissioned officer's detachment of 

 troops. The approach to Kingston harbour is 

 made by three different channels : the first, 

 called the Batteaux Channel, is between Wolfe 

 Island and Forest Island, and is generally used 

 by small craft only, having in several places 

 hardly two fathoms and a half water; the next 

 is the South Channel, formed by Forest Island 

 and Snake Island, a small spot with an exten- 

 sive bank spreading from it; here also, in the 

 fair way, the water shoals from three to two 

 fathoms and a half : the third and best is the 

 North Channel, between Snake Island and the 

 main land, which, although it increases the dis- 

 tance a little, is by far the safest, having from 

 four to ten fathoms water in it. A little to the 

 westward of Kingston is the bay of Quinte, 

 very singularly formed between the irregular 

 peninsula of Prince Edward county on the 

 south and the main land of the midland dis- 

 trict on the north ; the length, through the va- 

 rious crooked turns it makes, is little short of 



