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four leagues, was granted 4th July, ITSQj to 

 Sieur Jean Baptiste Neveu. The whole is now 

 the property of the Hon. Ross Cuthbert. The 

 extensive tract included in these several grants 

 contains a vast quantity of excellent arable 

 land, that lies in general pretty level. The soil 

 is various ; in the front a light reddish earth 

 with some clay, but growing stronger by the 

 mixture of different loams towards the rear, 

 where it is a strong, rich, black earth. The tim- 

 ber embraces almost every variety, with much 

 of a superior quality in the different classes, 

 and some very good oak and pine. It is con- 

 veniently watered on the south-west side by the 

 rivers St. Joseph, St. John, and the little Lake 

 Romer; a little westward of the St. John is an- 

 other small lake connected with that river by a 

 short canal that always ensures to it a perma- 

 nent stream. The rivers La Chaloupe and Ba- 

 yonne cross its north-east side into Berthier; 

 on them there are several good corn and saw- 

 mills. In the rear of the seigniory, towards the 

 River L'Assomption, is an eminence called 

 Castle Hill, commanding a diversified and beau- 

 tiful prospect over the surrounding country, on 

 which the present proprietor is about erecting 

 a handsome house for his future residence. In 

 this property cultivation is in a very advanced 

 state, about two-thirds of it being thickly settled^ 



