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augmentation, similar in breadth to the seig- 

 niory, but having a depth of two leagues and 

 a half, was granted 21st April, 1734, to Sieur 

 Marganne de la Valtrie ; they both remain in 

 possession of the heirs of the original grantee- 

 This is a very valuable property ; the land, ge- 

 nerally speaking, is level from the rear to the 

 St. Lawrence, whose banks hereabouts are rather 

 low. The quality of the soil varies a little, but 

 the major part of it is good and productive, 

 either of a light greyish earth, a yellowish loam, 

 or clay mixed Avith sand; nearly the whole of 

 it under culture, and yielding ample crops to a 

 S3^stem of husbandry that in several respects is 

 creditable to the farmei^s. The Riviere UAs- 

 somption winds its broad but shallow stream 

 through the upper part of the seigniory, and 

 the lower portion of it is watered by La petite 

 Riviere de la Valtrie, that falls into the St. Law- 

 rence. Wheat and other grain forms the chief 

 part of the disposable produce of this tracts- 

 good hay in great abundance is made from 

 some very extensive and excellent ranges of 

 meadoAV land. Although well inhabited, yet 

 there is not a village in La Valtrie ; the houses 

 are spread about among the concessions, and 

 thickly placed by the sides of the roads that 

 lead along the St. Lawrence ; the church, with 

 the parsonage, a chapel, the manor-house, with 



