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charge, stands a church, dedicated to St. John; 

 on its banks there is a corn-mill and a saw-mill. 

 At its mouth is the Isle St. Bernard, sometimes 

 called Nuns Island, about one superficial mile 

 in extent, and very well cultivated, an append- 

 age to the grant. On it there is a house, usually 

 denominated a convent, a term certainly mis- 

 applied, for it will in no way answer the de- 

 scription of such an establishment, unless the 

 residence of two members of the order to which 

 the property belongs may be allowed to convert 

 it into a mansion of that class. 



Sault St. Louis (the seigniory of) is on 

 the south side of the Saint Lawrence, within 

 the county of Huntingdon, confined by the 

 seigniories of Chateauguay, La Prairie de la 

 Magdelaine, and La Salle : it is a square of two 

 leagues each way, granted May 29th, 16'80, to 

 the order of Jesuits. It is now the property of 

 the tribe of domiciliated Indians, who inhabit 

 the Coghnawaga village. The situation of this 

 track, between the seigniories mentioned as its 

 boundaries, will convey a sufficient idea of it 

 without further description, as there is not much 

 variety through the whole of the level country 

 from La Prairie to St. Regis. The rivers La 

 Tortue, St. Regis, and du Portage intersect it so 

 as to water it very completely through all parts. 

 Nearly all that half of the seigniory which lies 



