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transmits them to the general officer command- 

 ing the district. The British naval force em- 

 ployed on Lake Champlain has its principal 

 station and arsenal here, where vessels mount- 

 ing from 20 to 32 guns have been built, by 

 which our superiority on the lake was main- 

 tained until the unfortunate conflict before 

 Plattsburgh, in 1814, that terminated in the 

 destruction of the flotilla : this event, although 

 disastrous, was not dishonourable to the national 

 flag ; and had the war continued, increased 

 efforts, with the means that had been prepared, 

 would doubtless soon have regained the accus- 

 tomed ascendency. 



De Lery (the seigniory of) is in the county 

 of Huntingdon, bounded by the barony of Lon- 

 geuil on the north-east, by the township of 

 Sherrington and the seigniory of La Prairie de 

 la Magdelaine on the west and north-west, by 

 the seigniory of La Colle on the south, and by 

 the river Richelieu on the east : it is two leagues 

 in front by three in depth ; granted 6th April, 

 1733, to Chaussegros de Lery, and now the 

 property of General Burton. The whole of this 

 tract is low, having in many parts cedar swamps 

 and marshes that spread over a large space : 

 where the land is dry, a good black soil generally 

 prevails, that when cultivated proves very fer- 

 tile ; but the proportion yet settled upon is not 



