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harnois, it is a place of great resort both for 

 travellers and traders. There is but one grist 

 mill within the seigniory, which is situated on 

 a point of land about a mile and a half below 

 the village, and well known by the name of 

 Longueil's mill. A short distance from the 

 Pointe des Cascades lies the Isle des Cascades, 

 that, with two or three smaller ones, break the 

 current of the river at its entrance into lake 

 Saint Louis. A sudden declivity in its bed, 

 obstructed by rocks in some places, and scooped 

 into cavities in others, produces the most sin- 

 gular commotion, called the Cascades ; it is an 

 extraordinary agitation of the waters precipe 

 tated with great velocity between the islands, 

 which being repelled by the rocks and hollows 

 underneath, the waves are thrown up in spheri- 

 cal figures much above the surface, and driven 

 with the utmost violence back again upon the 

 current, exhibiting nearly the same effect as 

 would be produced by the most furious tempest. 

 To avoid the danger of passing this place, a 

 canal usually called the military canal has been 

 constructed across the point of land, and through 

 which all boats now make their way to the 

 locks at Le Buisson ; it is 500 yards in length, 

 and furnished with the necessary locks; on each 

 side a space of ground 100 feet deep has been 

 relinquished by the proprietors of Soulange and 



