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what inferior quality; in St. Jean there is a 

 mixture of several species, which taken toge- 

 ther is fully equal in fertility to either of the 

 others. In front the land is low, especially to- 

 wards the north-east boundary, but the arable 

 is very productive, and the remainder a succes- 

 sion of very fine meadows. The other parts of 

 the seigniory are but indifferent in quality, and 

 some of it about the back boundary even bar- 

 ren and unfit for tillage. Most of these conces- 

 sions are farmed in a very good style ; but those 

 whereon the greatest improvement is visible are 

 St. Cuthbert, St. Esprit, and St. Pierre, where 

 industry and careful arrangement has given an 

 appearance to much the greatest number of the 

 farms that conveys an idea of the ease and even 

 afHuence enjoj^ed by their occupiers. Wheat 

 is the chief production of these lands, but they 

 are fit, generally speaking, for every species of 

 culture; and the important articles of hemp 

 and flax might be raised in almost any quanti- 

 ties, would the farmers attend to it properly, 

 and adopt a different method in its cultiva- 

 tion to that hitherto used in the province. The 

 Rivers Chicot, La Chaloupe, Bayonne, and the 

 Bonaventure Creek, a branch of the latter that 

 runs almost to the rear boundary, afford a con- 

 venient and equal irrigation : the first is navi- 

 gable for boats up to the seignorial mill, about 



