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of all sorts of grain, and in many places so ex- 

 cellent for the cultivation of flax, that it is a 

 subject of regret so profitable and important an 

 article is not attended to. The timber is vari- 

 ous, and though not of first rate quality, yet is 

 not overstocked with the more useless sorts. 

 It is watered by the little River Champlain, 

 and by many small streams, whose sources are 

 at a short distance in the interior, which wind- 

 ing down the gradual descent to the St. Law- 

 rence in little rivulets, cross the main road, 

 and agreeably diversify the meadows and culti- 

 vated grounds along the front. The little Cham- 

 plain works a grist and a saw-mill. About one 

 third of this seigniory is cultivated in a neat 

 style, and by the side of the Quebec road dis- 

 plays many good houses with thriving farms, 

 almost wholly cleared of the wood : it has one 

 church, and a parsonage-house near the road. 

 Only a very small proportion of the augmenta- 

 tion is yet brought into use ; the remainder 

 continues in a state of woodland, which pro- 

 duces some capital timber. 



Batiscan (the seigniory of), in the county 

 of St. Maurice, has the St. Lawrence in front, 

 Champlain and its augmentation on the south- 

 west, and Ste. Marie with the augmentation 

 to Ste. Anne on the north-east ; its breadth is 

 ^bout two leagues, and its depth twenty; 



