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racter of the soil through the whole of this grant 

 is good, and so advantageously varied as to be 

 fit for all the productions natural to the country. 

 In the south-west corner the same extensive 

 swamp that runs into New Longeuil spreads 

 over a considerable space: elm, ash, oak, beech, 

 and a great variety of other trees, produce fine 

 timber and wood for all purposes in abundance. 

 The rivers a la Graisse, Rouge, and Delisle 

 conveniently intersect and water it with their 

 streams ; the last is the largest, though no use 

 can at present be made of it for conveyance ; 

 it might, however, become navigable for boats 

 to the distance of several miles, merely by 

 clearing its bed from the trunks of trees, that, 

 with gradual decay, have for ages continued to 

 fall into and obstruct it. The whole extent of 

 this property, in front of the Saint Lawrence, 

 is very thickly settled, and were the inhabit- 

 ants as strongly attached to husbandry as they 

 are to the occupation of voyageurs, it might be 

 improved into a most excellent and productive 

 track ; but even now it is far above mediocrity. 

 At five miles from Pointe des Cascades is the 

 pleasant village of the Cedars, consisting of 

 about forty houses and a well-built church : 

 being the point of rendezvous for all boats pass- 

 ing up or down the river, and having an esta- 

 blished ferry to the opposite seigniory of Beau- 



