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the loaded boats are able to pass it ; the cur- 

 rent rushes through the channel with great im- 

 petuosity, and retains its violence for more than 

 a mile beyond it. From hence no material 

 obstacles present themselves until arriving at 

 Menue Falls, a distance of about twenty miles ; 

 these are three-quarters of a mile long, and only 

 practicable for the empty boats : Lord's Falls, 

 two miles further down, and about the same 

 length as those of Menue, are subject to the 

 same inconvenience, or even greater, for unless 

 the water be very high they cannot be passed 

 by the light boats. At six miles below this fall 

 is the commencement of a very rapid current, 

 that continues for fifteen miles, and when passed 

 all difficulties are overcome, and the river is free 

 into Lake St. Peter. From the upper to the 

 lower part of the river it varies in breadth from 

 100 yards to nearly a mile. Notwithstanding 

 this troublesome medley of land and w ater car- 

 riage, the trade carried on by it is now very 

 considerable, as more than 1500 barrels of ashes 

 only have been brought down it in one summer 

 very lately. 



LussAUDiERE (the seigniory of), in the 

 county of Buckingham, is situated next to 

 St. Franf ois, one league square ; was granted 

 36th July, 1683, to Sieur de la Motte de 

 Luciere. In this grant the land is generally 



