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" the said river into the lake Temiscaming, 

 " and from the head of the said lake by a line 

 " drawn due north, until it strikes the boun-* 

 " dary line of Hudson's Bay, including all the 

 " territory to the westward and southward of 

 " the said line to the utmost extent of the 

 " country commonly called or known by the 

 name of Canada 



* This western boundary, as just reeited, must have been 

 founded upon an erroneous map of that part of the country, 

 whereon the westerly angle of the seigniory of New Longeuil, 

 and the south-westerly angle of the seigniory of Vaudreuil are 

 represented as co-incident ; when, in reality, they are about nine 

 miles distant from each other: the true intent and meaning of 

 the act appears to be as follows : viz. That the boundary be- 

 tween Upper and Lower Canada shall commence at the stone 

 boundary above Pointe au Baudet, and run along the line which 

 divides the township of Lancaster from the seigniory of New 

 Longeuil, (and this line it is necessary to observe, as well as 

 most of the seignorial hues of the province, ought to run norths 

 west and south-east, reckoning from the astronomical meridian, 

 in conformity to an ancient ordinance of the province, or " Arret 

 et reglement du conseil superieur de Quebec, date 1 1 de Mai 

 1676") to the westerly angle of the said seigniory; thence along- 

 a line drawn to the south-westerly angle of the seigniory of 

 Rigaud, and continued along the westerly line of Rigaud until 

 it strikes the Ottawa river, as represented on the topographicai 

 map by the letters AB, BC, CD. It must be observed that the 

 westerly line of the seigniory of Rigaud, as well as the other 

 lines on the Ottawa, ought to run by the ancient ordinance, 

 nord quart-nord-est, equal to 1 1 degrees 1 3 minutes east from 

 the astronomical meridian. There is also a variation between 

 the bearing of the Lancaster township Ime and the seignorial 

 line of New Longeuil, when, in fact, they ought to be precisely 

 the same ; and some grants that have been made by government 

 are supposed to infringe upon the seigniory, from which law- 



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