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of QuebeCjand confirmed by an " Arret dii Con- 

 sell Superieur' of the 3d of May, 1722. These 

 hmits however were not strictly adhered to, for 

 as the population increased, and settlements 

 became numerous and extensive, it was found 

 expedient to build many new churches, that the 

 means and accommodations for religious wor- 

 ship might keep pace with the numerical in- 

 crease of the communicants ; for the support of 

 these, portions of ancient parishes have from 

 time to time been constituted into new ones. 

 2d. The townships or grants of land made by 

 the English government since the year 1796, in 

 free and common soccage. — The general divi- 

 sions being thus pointed out, we are at liberty 

 to enter upon the details of such parts as lay 

 claim to particular attention ; and, commencing 

 our topographical account where the two pro- 

 vinces are separated from each other, the dis- 

 trict of Montreal first presents itself. 



THE DISTRICT OF MONTREAL 



Is bounded on the north-east by the district of 

 Three Rivers, on the south by the states of New 

 York and Vermont, where the boundary-line, 

 running on the parallel of 45 degrees north la- 

 titude, divides the territories of the English and 



