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niory. The Achigan turns two corn-mills and 

 one saw-mill. 



St. Sulpice (the seigniory of) on the north 

 side of the Saint Lawrence, in the county of 

 Leinster, is bounded in front by the river, in 

 the rear by the township of Rawdon, on the 

 north-east by the seigniory of La Valtrie, and 

 on the south-west by that of L'Assomption ; 

 two leagues in front by six in depth ; was grant- 

 ed, 17th December, 1640, to Messrs. Cherrier 

 and Le Royer, and is now the property of the 

 seminary of St. Sulpice at Montreal. More 

 than three-fourths of this seigniory is well cul- 

 tivated, and for the goodness of its soil, the 

 quality of the timber, and state of improve- 

 ment, is not surpassed by any that surround it. 

 It is particularly well watered by the River 

 L'Assomption, the Achigan, St. Esprit, Ruis- 

 seau St. George,RuisseauVacher, Riviere Rouge, 

 Ruisseau Point de Jour, and Lake Ouareau, most 

 of them flowing into the Assomption after a 

 mazy course, that in some parts, where the 

 ground is high and clothed with wood, present 

 points of view truly picturesque and beautiful. 

 The different ranges of concessions contain up- 

 wards of 300 lots of various dimensions, nearly 

 all of which are settled upon, and generally 

 speaking under a respectable system of hus- 

 bandry ; but those in the greatest state of im- 



