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rich dry soil. In many parts there are lands 

 admirably well adapted to the production of 

 hemp and flax in large quantities ; to the growth 

 of all the grains peculiar to the country no part 

 of the district is more congenial. The banks of 

 the Yamaska and the other streams afford plenty 

 of good meadow land ; in fact, the different 

 classes of arable, meadow, and pasture may be 

 nearly all denominated of first rate superiority. 

 There is much fine beach, maple, and bass- 

 wood timber; cedar and spruce-fir are abundant 

 on the low wet lands ; oak and pine are found 

 in tolerable quantities, and of large scantling 

 towards the townships of Granby and Farnham. 

 The part of the seigniory lying on the north- 

 west side of the Yamaska is nearly all employed 

 in agriculture; the opposite bank, and the parts 

 towards the south-eastern extremity, also pre- 

 sent many wide ranges of cultivated grounds. 

 The Yamaska flowing along the middle of this 

 spacious property, and being navigable for large 

 boats and rafts, affords ample means of speedy 

 conveyance for the fruits of the field, and the 

 produce of the forests. A branch of the same 

 river diverging to the eastw^ard into the new 

 townships, and which receives several minor 

 streams, plentifully waters that division ; while 

 the river Salvayle, that has its rise near the 

 boundary of St. Charles, with some of less note^, 



