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Sabrevois (the seigniory of), in the county 

 of Bedford, on the east side of the Richelieu, 

 bounded on the north by Bleurie, on the east 

 hy the townships of Stanbridge and Farnham, 

 on the south by the seigniory of Noyan, and 

 on the west by the river; it was granted, No- 

 vember 1, 1750, to Sieur Sabrevois, two leagues 

 in front by three deep ; it is now the property 

 of General Christie Burton. Between this and 

 the preceding seigniory of Bleurie there is a 

 great resemblance in situation and quality of 

 the land ; the swamps are perhaps rather more 

 extensive in this one, but here and there some 

 patches of fertile good soil are met with, and 

 many of greater extent might be added by 

 draining, which could in several places be per^ 

 formed with but little labour or expense. At 

 present the quantity of land under cultivation is 

 rather insignificant. The Bedford Turnpike 

 will pass through this seigniory, and may pro-r 

 bably be the means of increasing the settle^ 

 ments in it, 



' Noyan (the seigniory of), in the county of 

 Bedford, joins Sabrevois on the north, the town- 

 ship of Stanbridge on the east, the seigniory of 

 Foucault on the south, and the river Richelieu 

 on the west; it was granted, July 8, 1743, to 

 Sieur Chavoye de Noyan, and is now possessed 

 by General Christie Burton. The Isle aux 



