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Isle Bizare is separated frqm the south-west 

 end of Isle Jesus by the Riviere des Prairies ; 

 it is nearly of an oval form, rather more than 

 four miles long by two broad. No records re- 

 lative to this property have been preserved in the 

 secretariat of the province ; but when the pre- 

 sent owner, Pierre Poretier, Esq. did fealty and 

 homage, on the 3d February, 1781 , he exhibited 

 proof of its having been granted on the 24th 

 and 25th of October, 1678, to the Sieur Bizare. 

 It is a spot of great fertility, wholly cleared and 

 cultivated. A good road passes all round it, 

 near to the river, and another crosses it about 

 the middle ; by the sides of these the houses of 

 the inhabitants are pretty numerous, but there 

 is neither village, church, nor mill upon it. 



Isle Perrot (the seigniory of) lies off the 

 south-west end of the island of Montreal, com- 

 prising the island after which it is named, and 

 the Isles de la Paix, that lie in front of the 

 seigniories of Chateauguay and Beauharnois; it 

 was granted to Sieur Perrot, October 29, 1672, 

 and is now the property of Amable Dez6ry, 

 Esq. The length of the island is seven miles 

 or a little more, and nearly three in breadth at 

 its widest part : of 143 concessions, rather more 

 than one half are settled upon, and tolerably 

 well cultivated; the soil is of a light sandy 

 nature generally, but where this is not the case 



