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tion, lies on the south side of the St. Laurence; 

 a small part in the county of Surrey, and the 

 rest in Richelieu ; bounded on the south-west 

 by the seigniories of Contrecoeur, St. Denis and 

 St. Hyacinthcj on the north-east by those of 

 Sorel and Bourchemin, and in the rear by the 

 river Yamaska ; is two leagues in breadth by 

 rather more than seven in depth ; was granted 

 29th October, 1672, to Sieur de St. Ours, and 

 is now in possession of Charles de St. Ours, 

 Esq. The land in this extensive grant is every 

 where of a good quality, with varieties adapted 

 to almost every species of agriculture ; full nine- 

 tenths of the whole of it is in a state of cultiva- 

 tion. There are ten ranges, containing altoge- 

 ther 800 concessions; those situated along the 

 Saint Laurence and on both banks of the Riche- 

 lieu are perhaps the richest parts of the soil, 

 and greatly superior, as to cultivation, to those 

 in the rear of the seigniory. Some timber of 

 the best kind and largest dimensions still re- 

 mains, and also some of the inferior sorts. The 

 river Richelieu, that traverses the upper part 

 diagonally, is navigable from the St. Laurence 

 for craft of 150 tons burthen ; the Yamaska, at 

 the lower extremity of it, is also navigable, by 

 both of which it possesses the advantages of 

 .expeditious water conveyance in an eminent 

 degree : in addition to these, it is watered by 



