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land, that, if under cultivation, might produce 

 good crops of grain ; but the general soil does 

 not admit of a description much in its favour. 

 Neither roads nor settlements have yet been 

 made, if a few scattered houses, with small 

 patches of ground attached to them along the 

 line of De Guir, be excepted. It is watered by 

 some branches of the river David. 



Having given a detailed account of the seig- 

 niories and townships in the district of Mont- 

 real, a convenient opportunity now offers to 

 make an observation or two upon this part of 

 the frontier of Lower Canada, and of the line 

 of demarcation between it and the states of 

 New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, 

 w^hich extends from a stone monument erected 

 on the west bank of the Connecticut River, for 

 the purpose of marking its commencement, to 

 the village of St. Regis, on the river St. Law- 

 rence, a distance of 146^ miles. In the years 

 1771j 2, 3, and 4, this line was e>stablished by 

 actual measurement, in pursuance to orders 

 from the respective governments" of the pro- 

 vinces of Quebec and New York, at that period 

 both under the British dominion ; and, more 

 particularly, according to specific instructions 

 issued by the late Lieutenant-Governor, Cra- 

 mahe, to the Honourable John Collins, Deputy 



