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rises in a conical shape to a considerable height; 

 it is seen at a great distance in the surrounding 

 country. Between PhilHpsburg and the bound- 

 ary hue is a high ridge of land, on which Ge* 

 neral Macombe encamped in March, 1813, 

 when he made an incursion into the province^ 

 and held possession of the village for some 

 time ; he succeeded so far as to spread alarm 

 among the inhabitants, drive off some cattle, 

 and destroy the young orchards, before he re- 

 ceived intelligence of a British detachment 

 advancing upon liini : on that information be- 

 ing communicated, his orders for a retrograde 

 movement were promptly given, and obeyed 

 with unanimous celerity by his troops. 



MoNNoin (the seigniory of), in the county 

 of Bedford, with its augmentation, extends 

 from the rear of the seigniory of Chambly to 

 the township of Farnham and the banks of the 

 river Yamaska; bounded on the south-west by 

 the seigniory of Bleurie, and on the north-east 

 by those of St. Hyacinthe and Rouville : its 

 extent is two leagues in front by three in depth; 

 granted 25th March, 1708, to Sieur de Ranizay : 

 the augmentation, equal in dimensions to the 

 seigniory, was granted June 12, 1739? to Sieur 

 Jean Baptiste Nicolas Roc de Ramsay : the 

 whole is now the property of Sir John Johnson, 

 Bart. Throughout this tract the land, though 



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