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tion at its east and west boundaries, has yet 

 attracted but few settlers, chiefly American 

 farmers, fixed in different parts of the seigniory : 

 however, as the neighbouring townships ad- 

 vance in prosperity, the local advantages of 

 Foucault are likely to procure it an increase of 

 inhabitants. 



St. Armand (the seigniory of), situated on 

 the east side of Missisqui Bay, in the county of 

 Bedford, is bounded on the north by the town- 

 ships of Stanbridge and Dunham, on the south 

 by the state of Vermont, on the west by Missis- 

 qui Bay, and on the east by the township of 

 Sutton; was granted, September S8, 1748, to 

 Sieur Nicolas R6ne Le Vasseur, and is now the 

 property of the Honourable Thomas Dunn. 

 According to the terms of the original grant, 

 this seigniory ought to have an extent of six 

 leagues in front by three in depth; but as the 

 boundary line of the United States intersects 

 it, there is not now more than one league and 

 a half of it in that direction within the British 

 territory. The greater part of the land is of a 

 superior quality, affording good situations and 

 choice of soil for every species of cultivation ; 

 the surface is irregular, and in some places, 

 particularly towards the township of Sutton, 

 there are ridges that rise a considerable height, 

 and many large swells that approach almost to 



