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here erected and kept in good repair that com- 

 mand the passage on the north side of the river; 

 and was another thrown up on Prison Island it 

 would render the pass so difficult as to make it 

 very improbable that any enemy, however en- 

 terprising, would run the hazard of it, or even 

 venture through the outer channel between 

 Prison Island and Grande Isle. The stream is 

 interrupted hereabouts by several islands, be- 

 tween which it rushes with great impetuosity, 

 and is so much agitated that boats and rafts 

 encounter great inconvenience in descending; 

 to go down in safety they must keep close under 

 the shores of Prison Island. At two miles from 

 Coteau du Lac is M'Donells tavern, a very 

 good house for the accommodation of travellers 

 towards the upper province, and conveniently 

 situated for that purpose. The main road, those 

 between the concessions, and three good bridges 

 over the rivers, are all kept in excellent repair 

 throughout this seigniory. 



Vaudreuil (the seigniory of ) is very eligi- 

 bly situated on the south side of the Ottawa 

 river (or rather that expansion of it called the 

 Lac des deux Montagues), in the county of 

 York. It begins atPointe des Cascades, and runs 

 along the river as far as Rigaud, comprising 

 one half of the large tongue of land mentioned 

 in the preceding article : it was granted on 



