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wood. On the west side of the River Chicot, 

 and about two leagues in the interior, is the 

 church called St. Cuthbert's, belonging to a 

 parish of the same name, that spreads overalarge 

 portion of this and the adjoining seigniory to 

 the north-east. There are also four schools ; 

 two of them supported by the Roman Catholic 

 clergy. Including the villages, the dwelling- 

 houses dispersed in the various concessions 

 amount to about 500, and the total population 

 of the seigniory is estimated to exceed 5000, 

 which certainly will not be supposed an exag- 

 gerated computation, when it is known that it 

 furnishes 1000 able-bodied men for the militia. 

 In Berthier and its dependencies there are two 

 grist-mills, two saw-mills, and one pot-ash ma- 

 nufactory. The main road by the St. Lawrence, 

 and the different roads through the concessions, 

 are maintained in excellent repair. Across the 

 rivers there are bridges, all free of tolls. The 

 domain of Berthier is on the south-west side of 

 the River Bayonne, and contains 335 arpens, 

 approaching in goodness to the best of the dis- 

 trict. In front of the seignior}^ several fine is- 

 lands form the south boundary of the Chenail 

 du Nord ; they are named Isles Randin, Du 

 Pas, Castor, &c. On Dupas, which is the 

 largest, and was granted November 3d, 1672, 

 to Sieur Dupas, there is a church and several 



