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three deep ; granted, 3d November, 1672, to 

 Sieur Le Moine de Longeuil, and now the pro- 

 perty of Madame Grant, Baroness of Longeuil. 

 This tract from front to rear is quite level, the 

 soil generally a fine black mould, very congenial 

 to the growth of grain and most other species 

 of agricultural produce ; towards the middle is 

 a swampy patch, called La Grande Savanne, 

 and a little distance from the front is another, 

 called La Petite Savanne; but a good system 

 of drainage has proved so beneficial, that they 

 are both nearly converted into good fertile land. 

 Almost the whole of the seigniory is conceded, 

 and full two-thirds of it in a good state of cul- 

 tivation ; it is more sparingly watered than per- 

 haps any other lying on the banks of the Saint 

 Laurence, as the little rivulet of St. Antoine, 

 near its front, and another equally insignificant 

 that crosses the lower corner into the Montreal 

 river, are the only streams within its limits. 

 Many good roads cross it nearly in all direc- 

 tions; but the most public ones are that leadr- 

 ing from the village or church of Longeuil to 

 Fort Chambly and Fort St. John's, the middle 

 road of Cote Noir to Longeuil ferry, and the 

 upper road from La Prairie to the same place. 

 The village, near the rivulet St. Antoine, con- 

 tains only fifteen houses that surround the old 

 church, now in ruins ; hard by it is the parson- 



