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by a route circuitous and difficult especially
The main road led direct to St. Placide, about five miles away, while the road to the left went up over the mountain in the direction of Lake Beauport, and reached St. Placide by a route circuitous and difficult, especially after dark.
— from Jean Baptiste: A Story of French Canada by James Edward Le Rossignol


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