SORELLE. 
one of a large size, and oyer tlic widest part of 
it an oilcloth awning was thrown, supported by 
hoops similar to the roof of a waggon : thus a 
most excellent cabin was formed, large enough 
to contain half a dozen chairs and a table, and 
which, at the same time that it afforded shelter 
from the inclemency of the weather, was airyq 
and sufficiently open to let us see all the beau¬ 
ties of the prospect on each shore to the 
greatest advantage. 
It was about eleven o'clock in the morning 
when we left Montreal, and at live in the 
afternoon we reached the town of Sorelle, 
fifteen leagues distant. The current is very 
strong the whole way between the two places, 
Sorelle stands at the mouth of the river of the 
same name, which runs from Lake Champlain 
into the St. Lawrenceo It was laid out about 
the year 1787, and on an extensive plan, with 
very wide streets and a large square, but at pre¬ 
sent it contains only one hundred houses, are all 
very indifferent, and standing widely asunder. 
This is the only town on the St. Lawrence, 
between Montreal and Quebec, wherein Eng¬ 
lish is the predominant language. The inha¬ 
bitants consist principally of loyalists from the 
United States, who took refuge in Canada. 
The chief business carried on here is that of 
ship-building; there are several vessels annually 
launched from fifty to two hundred tom bur- 
