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mill, the only one I believe in the province, 

 where a large manufacture of that article in all 

 its different qualities is carried on with much 

 success, under the direction of the proprietor, 

 Mr. Brown, of Montreal. Not far below this 

 mill is a good bridge, over which the main road 

 to the township of Chatham, and the upper 

 townships upon the Ottawa leads. On the l^ft 

 bank of the Riviere du Nord, upon a point of 

 land near its mouth, is very pleasantly situated 

 the residence of Major Murray, formerly owner 

 of the seigniory : this stream and the bays of the 

 Ottawa that indent the front abound with a 

 great variety of very excellent fish, as do the 

 low lands thereabouts with wild fowl and game 

 of several sorts. The island Carillion, three 

 miles long by three quarters broad, is very good 

 land, but not put to any use ; this with a smaller 

 one near it, and another at thie entrance of Ri- 

 viere du Nord, are appendages to the grant. 

 If fertility of soil and easy access to water con- 

 veyance be deemed of influence in the choice 

 of situations, wherein to clear and break up new 

 lands, probably it will not be easy to select a 

 tract where these advantages are better com- 

 bined than in the seigniory of Argenteuil. 



Lac des deux Montagnes (the seig- 

 niory of) lies on the north bank of the Ottawa 

 river, in the county of York, adjoining Argen- 



