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on the west side of the Richeheu, and not far 

 from the fort: it contains 90 or 100 houses, 

 chiefly built of wood, forming one principal 

 street. At the south end of the village are some 

 large and valuable mills belonging to General 

 Christie Burton ; they are situated close to the 

 rapid of Chamblj, thereby securing the ad- 

 vantage of being able to work at all seasons of 

 the year : near the mills stands a good manor 

 house, belonging to the same gentleman. This 

 place is a great thoroughfare, as the main road 

 from Montreal to the American States passes 

 through it, which, with the continual resort to 

 the mills, occasions a good deal of activity 

 among the traders and mechanics, and con- 

 tributes very much to its cheerfulness as a place 

 of residence; among the inhabitants are reckon- 

 ed many of the most respectable famiHes of the 

 district, invited hither by its agreeable situation. 

 The landscape of the surrounding country is 

 rich and well diversified, affording several very 

 beautiful points of view ; and there are many 

 spots from whence they ma}^ be seen to great 

 advantage. The fort, the mills, and the church 

 of St. Joseph, houses dispersed among well 

 cultivated fields, all the varieties of woodland 

 scenery, both near and remote, the distant 

 church on Point Olivier, with the more distant 

 mountain of Chambly or Rouville, added to the 



