"The mills are on a fall of the River Mitis, about three miles up: this river, like the Chaudiere, near Quebec, and most others on the south side of the St. Lawrence, comes tumbling over rugged rocks of considerable elevation, as it approaches the estuary. The river itself is a small stream, greatly impeded with rapids when not swelled by freshets; and it has been found necessary to dam the river with wicker work and mud for a considerable distance, to keep back water enough to float the logs down to the mill. From the mill the deals are floated down a dall or trough to the basis for shipment; part of the distance being cut through soil and rocks fourteen feet deep. The deals produced are spruce, and a very superior yellow pine." Instructions for Making Gaspé and Mitis and Rimouski, in the River St. Lawrence. Gould, Dowie, and Co, London, 1831