194 



various in its nature, is of a moderately good 

 quality, and where it is under management 

 raises very good crops of grain ; many of the 

 parts not yet broken up, would prove very 

 favourable to the growth of flax : the upper 

 division, adjoining Chambly, is nearly all cul- 

 tivated, as well as an extensive range on the 

 left bank of the Yamaska, and on both banks 

 of a rivulet near the township of Farnham ; to- 

 wards the western boundary it is somewhat low, 

 and rather inclining to swamp. The upper 

 part is watered by several streams that branch 

 off from the river Huron, and penetrate towards 

 the middle of the seigniory. The uncleared 

 Jand is pretty thick of wood, mostly of the in- 

 ferior sorts, though here and there some good 

 timber of large dimensions may be met with. 

 There are many roads, nearly in all directions, 

 some of them principal ones, taking a southerly 

 course towards the frontier townships, and into 

 the United States. Near the middle of the 

 seigniory there is a single hill, called Mount 

 Johnson, of no great circumference, but rising 

 high enough to be conspicuous for many miles 

 round ; it is however not so remarkable as se- 

 veral others of the same isolated nature in some 

 of the adjoining seigniories. This property 

 touching, or very nearly so, upon the rivers 

 Richelieu and Yamaska, that are both naviga- 



