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Louis, enclosed between the lateral lines of 

 those of Beauharnois and La Prairie de la 

 Magdelaine ; both pieces extend a league and 

 a half in depth, bounded in the rear by the 

 township of Sherrington. It was granted April 

 SOth, I75O5 to Jean Baptiste Leber de Senne- 

 ville, and is now the property of Ambroise San- 

 guinet, Esq. Very little difference is perceptible 

 between this seigniory and those of Chateauguay 

 and the lower part of Sault St. Louis, with re- 

 spect to the quality of the land, and which for 

 the most part is applicable to the same agricul- 

 tural purposes : the river La Tortue, La Petite 

 Riviere, and Ruisseau St. Jacques run through 

 the two pieces. That part which lies behind 

 Sault St. Louis is nearly all settled, exhibiting 

 a favourable specimen of husbandry ; but what 

 lies in the rear of Chateauguay is still a waste, 

 a very small portion of it only being conceded. 



La Prairie de la Magdelaine (the 

 seigniory of) is situated on the south side of 

 the Saint Lawrence, in the county of Hunting- 

 don, two leagues in breadth by four deep. It 

 is bounded in front by the river, in the rear by 

 the seigniory of De Lery and the barony of 

 Longeuil, on the north-east by the seigniory of 

 Longeuil, and on the south-west by those of 

 Sault St. Louis, La Salle, and the township of 

 Sherrington. This track was granted on the 



