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bounded on the north-east by the seigniories of 

 Chambly and Monnoir, on the south by the 

 seigniory of Sabrevois, and on the west by the 

 river: it was granted, November 30, 1750, to 

 Sieur Sabrevois de Bleurie, and is now the pro- 

 perty of General Christie Burton : according to 

 the terms of the original grant it ought to be 

 three leagues in front by three in depth ; but 

 as the grants of the adjoining seigniories are of 

 a prior date, and as such an extent could not 

 be taken without infringement upon others, it 

 now forms a triangular space of much less su- 

 perficial measurement. Although lying gene- 

 rally low, with large swamps in many places, 

 there are some tracts of very good land, and 

 also some fine timber ; the spots that are cul- 

 tivated lie chiefly upon the Richelieu, and bear 

 but a small proportion to the whole. A new 

 road, called the Bedford Turnpike, crossing it 

 diagonally to the river, opposite Fort St. John, 

 has been traced and measured in the field, and 

 is now proceeding upon. A joint company 

 has undertaken it, and obtained an act of the 

 provincial parliament for the purpose : when 

 completed it will greatly enhance the value of 

 this and the other properties through which it 

 passes, by opening a shorter communication 

 with Montreal, and rendering the intercourse 

 with distant places much more easy. 



