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service to the provinces, yet they are said not 

 to be a very profitable speculation to the owners 

 of the property. 



Ste. Marie (the seigniory of), in the county 

 of St. Maurice, joins Batiscan ; it is three quar- 

 ters of a league in breadth, by half a league in 

 depth ; was granted Nov. 3d, 167^5 to Sieur le 

 Moine, and is now the property of M. Boisvert. 

 St E . An NE, next to Ste. Marie, nearly of the same 

 breadth, and a league in depth, was granted 

 Oct. 29th, 167^5 to Messieurs Sueur and La- 

 naudiere. This grant has three augmentations : 

 the first, extending in breadth from the seigniory 

 of Grondines to Batiscan, and three leagues 

 in depth, was granted March 4th, 1697? to 

 Madame Denis, veuve de Sieur Lanaudiere : 

 the second, one league and a half deep, and the 

 breadth of the former, granted Oct. 3()th, I7OO, 

 to Sieur Thomas Tarieu de la Perade : and the 

 third, three leagues deep by a similar breadth, 

 granted April ^Oth, 1735, to Thomas Tarieu de 

 la Perade : they are now the property of the 

 heirs of C. Lanaudiere, Esq. The front of these 

 tw^o sei2;niories is so low as to be inundated in 

 the spring of the year by the rising of the St. 

 Lawrence, but this temporary inconvenience 

 contributes greatly to the luxuriance of the 

 fine meadows that border the river. The soil 

 is sufficiently fertile, and consists of a light 



