363 ~onteNolesontl~ltideBtlCanal.
enceptiuna, no the?noat snd noi?th-~seat ride oC tlie cannl.
Uctneen Riogaton Milla and flie liioiitb of tlio Tay tbe
eiinRI lies: ns it wore, on the nido of u gentlo slopa Doio <he
aoulh?reJti the lalreJ thus on tbat sido diJF1>3ipinb? inlo it,
whilJt thoae oo tbo othor find tbair out?lec chieay throogL
thc liunnnoqiiu Rircr to Lhe St. LnareiiL~.
\\'e ni?e apc to I?e~,nid tlie torvnship of Stoiriiigton,
LouC'hla,.ouRh ind Uadford Biid Ihe sa*t Iinlf uY tbe ta~~n-
Jliip of Uin~:hinbrool<e, all in ths aouiir)? oE P~,ontenao, sR
unnttl-nctire si? settlomunt, iiiid U> ;IsrumB thnt ~aheii the
pine and apruce o~,e i~emoued fiom thcir Fo~sats tbe~e will
he nolLiiiC loftin this somn~hnt i?uWe<l couutry bot the
I>~l~ibilitg of minaralr. It is eonnoliiig, howeval?. ro thin~
iIiat all tbe kkuJ which, wrillod in by boightr of verdoi?e-
olad gneisa, piolure~quoly atud theae townnbips in uvary
dir?otion, aro tbo gi~eiit i?aaai?Foila tiom ahioh ohieayis
di?pwn the aupl>lg <if watsi~ needed to keep tbe Rideau Caoal
nuirignblo ua well iii ira Bi>uise to Ottawa iia in ita eoui~e ~o
Kii,gs"". Ifridths?r~utforaffiofiiatui.eootplncedtb
Lao~antiun iidgca in porilions to foim lakc basilis betaoon
them, and left the ooiiot~ r.grged an? nna~ti?noiive, so that
tbo .iigio foi?csla miphL Ir~p-s1J? remoio 8ii6 in thsir depUis
hul<l bnck the wnt~,ra fi?om buinbr loo yuiakly drain~d aasy,
it woUld I>o hopelass u, miiiotnin uointeiTiipted navigation
un liie a;uial.
Tlio moro tliat cooai<loioti?n is ai.en ta Qie subject, ths
morc ~oaaooable rlooa it eeem to ~R to i?egnrd tllBse LiuiBn-
tiHn i?id~m us huvilip long pr~cedal tba ice ;ige, sod to view
tbo lakoa, acatsi?al over thia arohrein ni~sn Iieio io socb
app~ont, piuhreaqile confuJioli, ns in reality oeaipyinb
atill older lhku bnsina wliore pa<ition 8od goliei?al dii?aotion
wea due u> ths pr~oaeuoe i>F the i?i?g?os. and thir>ugb ahbh
~:.idud in their oooiao L>y ths lie oP the iidges, Ihe glaciers
<lurilr(: tbu ioe qo Bowed. Theso aoaient ri~bies hR~e auf-
t~rcd Fi?om the de?ompoeinbr foiaoa ut' perbups oeotnrieJ of
Ibe giuwth an$ dacag upoo theii: sur~.c~a of plant lifr?, of~
tho eltlrmer of buat in summel? aod ould in winter, an~; oE