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and along whose banks is a range of excellent 

 concessions ; in its course it works a grist-mill 

 and a saw-mill : some smaller streams traverse 

 the lower part, and likewise fall into the Riche- 

 lieu. Various good roads lead through the 

 seigniory ; but the one that follows the course 

 of the river is the main public one. The houses 

 of the settlers, many of which are extremely 

 well built, are dispersed through the different 

 concessions ; here and there a few together, but 

 no village. The church and parsonage-house 

 are near the Richelieu. 



RouviLLE (the seigniory of), on the river 

 Richelieu, opposite to Beloeil, is in the county 

 of Bedford ; bounded on the west by Chambly^ 

 on the east by St. Charles, on the south by the 

 seigniory of St. Hyacinthe, and in front by the 

 river; two leagues in front by one and a half in 

 depth ; was granted January 18th, 1694, to 

 Jean Baptiste Hertel, Sieur de Rouville, and 

 now the property of J. B. M. H. de Rouville, 

 Esq. This tract contains land of so good a 

 quality that nearly the whole of it is in a very 

 advanced state of improvement, principally 

 under grain : the concessions are divided into 

 eight ranges, all running nearly parallel to the 

 river ; they are watered by several small streams 

 besides the Riviere des Hurons, which is one of 

 considerable magnitude, that winds through the 



