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fine church, the whole tolerably well built, in 

 an agreeable and pleasant situation, which when 

 seen from the opposite side of the river, where 

 some of the best houses, and the church, with 

 its three handsome spires, present a front view, 

 exhibit a favourable specimen of picturesque 

 beauty : between the main street and the river 

 are some capacious store-houses, chiefly used 

 as granaries, and wherein large quantities of 

 corn are collected from the adjacent seigniories 

 for exportation ; as the lands for many leagues, 

 about this part are considered the most produc- 

 tive in grain of the whole district of MontreaL 

 In the river, nearly fronting the village, is the 

 Isle de Madere, and a smaller one : from this 

 place there is a ferry to the opposite seigniory 

 of Contrecoeur. It is remarkable that there are 

 neither saw nor grist-mills on either of the streams; 

 wind-mills supply the place of the latter. There 

 is a school for females, conducted by two sisters 

 of the congregation of Notre-Dame, missionaries 

 from Montreal. In proportion to the super- 

 ficies of this seigniory it is very well inhabited ; 

 the number of houses dispersed over it (includ- 

 ing the village) exceeding 400. There is a fief 

 of twelve acres in front, called Cascarinette, 

 but it is now the property of the seignior. The 

 public roads in all directions are numerous; the 



