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De Ramz a y (the seigniory of), in the county 

 of Richelieu, is bounded on the south-west by 

 St. Hyacinthe, on the east and north-east by 

 the township of Upton, and on the north-west 

 by St. Charles Yamaska and Bourchemin ; 

 three leagues in front by as many in depth; 

 was granted, 17th October, 1710, to Sieur de 

 Ramzay, and is now the property of the heirs 

 of P. Langan, Esq. Of this seigniory very little 

 is cultivated, or even cleared. Judging of the 

 quality of the land from the timber growing 

 thereon, gives every reason to suppose that it 

 might be brought into use with very good pros- 

 pects. Towards the north-east there are some 

 swamps, thickly covered with cedar and spruce 

 fir, the certain indication of such a soil ; but 

 the woods on the higher parts are of much better 

 kinds, and in some places shew the ground to 

 be of a strong and good quality. It is watered 

 by the river Chibouet, that has its source in the 

 recesses of the forests, and after an irregular 

 course falls into the Yamaska. 



St. Charles Yamaska (the seigniory of), 

 on the eastern bank of the Yamaska, in the 

 county of Richelieu, is bounded on the north 

 by the seigniory of Bourgmarie East, on the 

 south by Bourchemin, on the east by de Ram- 

 zay, and on the west by the river ; it contains 



