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it is an uneven surface of rock. The wood is 

 not entirely cleared from it yet ; of what re-^ 

 mains, beech and maple constitute the chief 

 part. The houses of the inhabitants are scat- 

 tered over the island near the different roads, 

 but no village upon it; there is one church, 

 and only one wind-mill. Of two fiefs within 

 the seigniory one is called Fief Brucy, ten acres 

 in front by thirty in depth, the propert}^ of the 

 representatives of Ignace Chenier ; the other, 

 named La Framboise, is of an irregular figure^^ 

 containing 180 acres superficial measure, and 

 belongs to Francois Freinch. There are four 

 ferries from Isle Perrot : the first to St. Anne, on 

 the island of Montreal, for which the charge is 

 two shilhngs; one to the main land, above the 

 rapid of Vaudreuil, and another to the foot of 

 the same, one shilling and eight-pence each ; 

 and the fourth to the canal at Pointe des Cas- 

 cades, for which the demand is three shilhngs 

 and four-pence each person. The Isles de la 

 Paix serve for pasturage only. 



LoNGEUiL (the seigniory of) lies on the 

 south side of the Saint Laurence, in the county 

 of Kent; bounded by La Prairie de la Magde« 

 laine on the south-west; Fief Tremblay and 

 Montarville on the north-east; and by the 

 barony of Longeuil and seigniory of Chambly 

 in the rear : it is two leagues in breadth by 



