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good and fertile land, nearly all in cultivation, 

 and pleasantly watered by two or three little 

 streams. The church, belonghig to this property, 

 surpasses in beauty all those of the surrounding 

 seigniories, and merits some notice for the style 

 both of its outward ornament and interior de- 

 coration : in coming down the river its three 

 spires form a conspicuous object, which may be 

 seen from Montreal, a distance of five leagues: 

 a very good parsonage-house stands near it ; 

 there is also a neat chapel within the fief. The 

 houses of the tenants are, many of them, well 

 built, and dispersed through every part of it ; 

 but no where in sufficient number to form a 

 village. 



Cap St. Michel, or La Trinite' (the 

 seigniory of), in the county of Surrey, joins 

 Varennes on the south-west, the fief Guillaudiere 

 on the north-east, and is bounded by the aug- 

 mentation to Beloeil in the rear; one league in 

 front by a league and a half in depth; was 

 granted 3d November, 167^5 to Monsieur d,e 

 St. Michel, and is now the property of Jacques 

 Le Moine Martigny, and Trapui Gautier,Esqrs, 

 A diversity of soil prevails through this seigniory, 

 the greater part of which is good, being either 

 a fine black or a greyish mould, that proves 

 fertile where it is tolerably well managed ; the 

 quantity under culture amounts to two thirds 



