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completely answer the purpose of irrigation for 

 the western part. The roads are well kept, and 

 pass in almost every direction ; those on each 

 side of the river are the main public ones, by 

 which the communication between Three Rivers, 

 Quebec, and the state of Vermont, is directly 

 maintained ; and, in consequence of the import- 

 ance of this route, every attention is paid by 

 the proper officers of the different districts to 

 preserve it in the best possible state of public 

 accommodation. From these roads others of 

 no less general utility strike off into the new 

 townships, and thence in several ramifications 

 to the state of New Hampshire, &c.; together 

 forming the means of intercourse invaluable to 

 this part of the province. There are several 

 parishes within the seigniory, and although they 

 are tolerably well inhabited, there is only the 

 single village of St. Hyacinthe, which is most 

 conveniently situated on an angle, formed in 

 the north-east part by a large bend of the Ya- 

 maska, containing from eighty to ninety houses, 

 for the most part built in a superior style, and 

 very respectably tenanted, a large handsome 

 church and good parsonage-house, and a col- 

 lege, or rather public school. Being in the main 

 road, there is a continual influx of strangers 

 travelling to and from the frontiers, for whose 

 reception there are one or two inns, wherein the 



