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two fiefs, which consist principally of a blackish 

 friable mould, that if moderately well managed 

 ^ is very fruitful ; about three-fourths of each are 

 under tillage. 



Vercheres (the seigniory of), on the south 

 side of the Saint Laurence, in the county of 

 Surrey, joins the fief St. Blain on the south- 

 west, the fief Bellevue on the north-east, and is 

 bounded in the rear by Cournoyer ; it extends 

 one league in front by two deep ; was granted 

 October 29, 1672, to Sieur de Vercheres, and 

 how the propert}^ of Madame Boucherville. 

 The land is for the most part good, with several 

 varieties of soil ; the largest proportion of which 

 is under a creditable state of culture : it is 

 watered by a small river and two or three 

 rivulets, that turn a grist-mill, and some saw- 

 mills. It has a neat church, a parsonage-house, 

 and a chapel, in the centre of a small village. 



Bellevue (fief) lies between the seigniories 

 of Vercheres and Contrecoeur, bounded by 

 Cournoyer in the rear, and contains half a 

 league in front by a league in depth ; was 

 granted Sd November, 1672, to Sieur de Vitre, 

 and now belongs to— — -Chicoine, Esq. All 

 this slip is under good cultivation, but is not 

 watered by river or stream. 



Contrecoeur (the seigniory of), on the 

 south side of the Saint Laurence, in the county 



