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ready begun, as well as a village surrounding 

 it. — The men of this seigniory are chiefly voy- 

 ageurs, active, resolute, and enterprising; the 

 attention of those who follow that ennployment 

 being diverted from the cares of husbandry, 

 leaves but a comparatively small number to 

 become farmers ; but those w ho do undertake 

 it carry it on with much zeal and commensu- 

 rate success. 



Argent euil( the seigniory of) is on the north 

 bank of the Ottawa, in the county of York. It 

 adjoins the seigniory of the Lac des deux Mon- 

 tagues on the eastward, the township of Chat- 

 ham on the westward, and a tract of waste 

 crown lands on the northward ; its front extends 

 two leagues along the river, by four in depth. 

 It was granted March 7? 1725, to Mons. Dail- 

 lebout. The present proprietor is Sir John John- 

 son, Bart. Perhaps through all the upper part 

 of the district of Montreal, no tract of equal 

 extent will be found of greater fertility, or pos- 

 sessing more capabilities of being converted 

 wdthin a few years into a most valuable proper- 

 ty. The land is luxuriantly rich in nearly every 

 part of it, while the different species of soils 

 are so well varied as to afford undeniable situa- 

 tions for raising abundant crops of every kind. 

 The lower part bordering on the Ottawa is to- 

 lerably well cleared of wood, where are large 



