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barren parts, for to the southward of it the soil 

 is rich, productive, well settled, and under good 

 cultivation ; but on the opposite side of the 

 height it is very indifferent, and thinly settled 

 by a few farmers, who have occasion to exert 

 their utmost industry to procure a living. The 

 whole tract is almost free from wood ; the little 

 remaining is only fit for fuel. A small stream, 

 called Riviere Cachee, runs through the lower 

 part, and works one corn and one saw-mill. 



Carufel (the seigniory of), in the county 

 of St. Maurice, lies in the rear of the seigniory 

 of Maskinong6, between Dusable and fief St. 

 John, about two leagues in front by two in 

 depth; was granted, in March 1705, to Jean 

 Sicard, Sieur de Carufel, and is now possessed 

 by the heirs of the late Honourable Charles de 

 Lanaudiere. In this grant the land is of a 

 pretty good quality, mixed here and there with 

 a reddish clay and sand. Almost every kind of 

 good timber is found upon it, and some of the 

 pine rising to large dimensions. The river 

 Maskinonge traverses it from the north-west, 

 by which the timber felled here is sent down to 

 the St. Lawrence. A small part of it lying on 

 the front is all that is yet cultivated, where, 

 however, there are some very respectable farms 

 and good houses by the side of the main road. 



Lake Maskinonge' or Lanaudiere (the 



