2.90 



from Quebec, and many other bold features of 

 a romantic country. Very few settlements have 

 yet been made here, but it certainly may be im- 

 proved in a very short time into a valuable 

 estate. 



St. Jean (fief), in the county of St. Maurice, 

 is placed between the seigniories of Riviere du 

 Loup, Maskinonge and Carufel; three-quarters 

 of a league in front by two leagues in depth ; 

 granted, October 13, 1701, to Les Dames re- 

 ligieuses Ursulines des Trois Rivieres. A con- 

 firmation of this grant, with its augmentation, 

 bearing date December 10, 1737, gives it one 

 league more in depth. The Ursulines still re* 

 tain the property. The land is good and pro- 

 ductive; of the fief nearly the whole is culti- 

 vated, but very little of the augmentation. It 

 has some fine timber upon it. 



Riviere du Loup (the seigniory of), in 

 the county of St. Maurice, is situated on the 

 north side of Lake St. Peter, between the fief 

 St. Jean and Grand Pre : one league in front, 

 that is, half a league on each side of the river, 

 by four leagues in depth ; it was granted, with 

 an augmentation, April 5th, 1689, to Sieur Vil- 

 leraie for Sieur D'Artigny. This seigniory sur- 

 passes in value, perhaps, every property of simi- 

 lar extent in the province ; its soil is commonlj?- 

 a light reddish earth, a little sandy, sometimes 



