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building ships, and from thence the Confiance 

 of 32 guns was launched. 



Beaujeu, or La Colle (the seigniory of), 

 on the west side of the river Richeheu, in the 

 county of Huntingdon, bounded by De Lery 

 on the north, the state of Vermont on the south, 

 and the township of Hemmingford in the rear; 

 extends two leagues along the river in front by 

 three deep: it was granted March 22, 1743, to 

 Daniel Lumard de Beaujeu, and is now the pro- 

 perty of General Christie Burton. Towards the 

 front of the seigniory the land is rather low, with 

 some few swampy patches; yet, with these ex- 

 ceptions, of a general good soil, very well timber- 

 ed: in the rear it is much higher, and although 

 partially intersected by strata of rocks and veins 

 of stone, lying a little below the surface, the soil 

 is rich, and perhaps superior to that of the low 

 lands. On these upper grounds there is much 

 beech, maple, and elm timber ; the wet places 

 afford abundance of cedar, tammarack, spruce 

 fir, and hemlock. Although the greatest part of 

 this seigniory is very eligible for all the purposes 

 of cultivation, and would produce all sorts of 

 grain abundantly, besides being pecuharly well 

 suited to the growth of hemp and flax, there is 

 not more than one third of it settled. The river 

 La Colle, winding a very sinuous course from west 



