many very pleasing prospects ; at a little dis- 

 tance from the house are a grist-mill and a wind- 

 mill, which serve the whole community. The 

 major part of the men of this seigniory are 

 voyageurs like their neighbours, yet agriculture 

 does not languish, nor is there a want of artisans 

 in any of the useful trades : there are also five 

 manufactories of pot and pearl ash. The ferry- 

 boats from St. Anne on the island of Montreal, 

 which is the general route to Upper Canada, 

 land their passengers on this seignior}^, near the 

 manor-house; and from the number of travellers 

 continually passing much interest and variety^ 

 is conferred upon the neighbourhood. Besides 

 the main road, several others pass through Vaud- 

 reuil, and are all kept in very good repair, as 

 well as the bridges. From Point Cavagnal to 

 the house there are several small islands, all of 

 which are appendages to the original grant. 

 Two arriere Jiefs within the seigniory are both 

 in possession of M. de Lotbiniere. 



RiGAUD (the seigniory of) lies on the south 

 side of the Ottawa, in the county of York, and 

 has for its boundaries Vaudreuil on the east, 

 the province line of Upper Canada on the west, 

 and the township of Newton in the rear ; its 

 dimensions are three leagues in front by three 

 in depth, and was granted on the 29th October, 

 1732, to Messrs. de Vaudreuil and Rigaud ; the 



