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three other rivers (not navigable) called La 

 Prade, La Plante, and Salvayle. On the right 

 bank of the Richelieu is the village of St. Ours, 

 of about sixty houses, many of them substan- 

 tially and well constructed of stone ; in the 

 centre of it is a handsome church and parson- 

 age-house, and at a little distance the manor- 

 house : besides traders and artizans, many per- 

 sons of considerable property reside here, who 

 are corn-dealers, and make large purchases of 

 grain of all kinds, that is produced in abundance 

 throughout this and the adjoining seigniories, 

 which is put on board large river craft in the 

 Richelieu and Yamaska, and sent to Quebec 

 for exportation. Nearly in every direction there 

 are many public roads, kept in good repair, 

 particularly on both sides of the two large 

 rivers, and those leading from the Saint Lau- 

 rence to the Yamaska. From the village there 

 is a ferry across the Richelieu, on the left bank 

 of which are two excellent grist-mills. The 

 Island Deschaillons, a short distance from the 

 village, is full a mile long and half a mile wide. 

 In front of the seigniory there is a group of 

 islands belonging to it; the largest of them is 

 called Isle Commune, and has some good pas- 

 ture on it. Under the various considerations 

 of extent, situation, local advantages, the quan- 

 tity of land in cultivation, the state of husbandry, 



