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teuil on the west, Mille Isles on the east, and 

 on the northward is bounded by part of the 

 augmentation to Mille Isles, and a tract of 

 waste crown lands. Its dimensions are three 

 leagues and a half in front by three in depth, 

 granted on the 17th October, 1717, to the 

 ecclesiastics of the Seminary at Montreal, 

 from whom it has never been alienated. The 

 original grant has been increased by two aug- 

 mentations, bearing date 26th September, 1732, 

 and 1st March, 1735, the respective quantities 

 of which are mentioned among the Extracts 

 of Original Grants under this title in the Ap- 

 pendix. The figure of this seigniory is irregu- 

 lar on its eastern side by an incision made by 

 the north-west angle of Mille Isles, about four 

 miles deep. Through the whole of this tract 

 the soil is very favourable, in many parts con- 

 sisting of a fine strong loam with a mixture of 

 rich black earth, that is found to contain a 

 large share of fertile properties. The surface 

 is uneven, but never varies into prejudicial 

 extremes : bordering on the lake, in the vicinity 

 of the Indian village, it is of a moderate height, 

 from thence westward to the Eboulis it gra- 

 dually sinks into a flat, from which it rises again 

 near the boundary of Argenteuil ; eastward of 

 the village, nearly to the seigniory of Mille 

 Isles, runs a low heath, having a large bay on 



