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a league and a half in superficies ; granted, 

 August 14, 1701, to Sieur Ren6 Fezeret, and is 

 now the property of Mrs. Barrow. The best 

 and only cultivated part of the land lies along 

 the bank of the river, but extends only a short 

 distance from it, producing grain in moderately 

 good crops. With the exceptions of this tract 

 the seigniory is nearly all wood-land, in some 

 places bearing the appearance of a soil that 

 would reimburse the expense and trouble of 

 bringing it into use, if persevered in with in- 

 dustry and managed with a little skill. 



SoREL (the seigniory of), on the south side 

 of the Saint Laurence, in the county of Riche- 

 lieu and Surrey, is bounded on the south-west 

 by the seigniory of St. Ours, on the north-east 

 by the seigniory of Yamaska, and in the rear 

 by the little grants of Bourgmarie West and 

 Louise de Ramzay ; two leagues and a half in 

 breadth by two in depth (one on each side of 

 the river Richelieu); w^as granted, 29th October, 

 1672, to Sorel, Sieur de Saurel; it was pur- 

 chased, in 178], from its then possessor, for the 

 use of government, by Sir Frederick Haldimand, 

 governor and commander in chief. Part of this 

 seigniory is of a lightish, good soil, in some 

 places inclining to a mixture of sand and clay; 

 on the north-east it is low, where the Bay of 

 La Valliere or Yamaska cuts into it, occasion- 



