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several bays and large ponds, towards which 

 the land is low, but of excellent quality, where 

 there are ranges of soil stretching a great distance 

 to the interior, fit for the cultivation of every 

 species of grain, hemp, flax, and grasses of all 

 descriptions. On the margin of the rivers, 

 large tracts of fine natural meadows and pas- 

 tures at present enrich only the earth with their 

 exuberant plenty. The inlets and ponds a bound 

 with fish in great variety, and the neighbouring 

 grounds with game, duck, teal, and other wild 

 fowl, in great quantities. Penetrating deeper 

 into the seigniory, the land has a gradual 

 ascent, and is clothed with timber of the best 

 kinds ; the oak is of superior quality, particu- 

 larly some of the largest dimensions, fit for ship- 

 buildinp". The main rids:e of mountains, that 

 runs a westerly course from Quebec until it 

 falls upon the Ottawa, crosses La Petite Nation 

 about the middle ; beyond this intersection the 

 remainder of the grant has been only partially 

 explored, but the quality of the part that has 

 been observed is much inferior to that of the 

 south ; although the various sorts of timber ap- 

 pear to retain their superiority, or at any rate it 

 is but very little diminished. From the range 

 of heights and the vipper lands several small 

 streams have their sources, from whence in 

 various directions they water the valleys in their 



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