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and the best cultivation; the quantitj' under 

 hand amounts to one third of the whole, or a 

 little more. The River St. Francis runs through 

 the seigniory, dividing it nearly in half, and 

 affords the advantages of easy and expeditious 

 conveyance; as its current hereabouts, and to- 

 wards the St. Lawrence, is very rapid. An 

 inferior description of timber prevails; enough 

 however of the better sorts is found to supply 

 the wants of the inhabitants. The river turns 

 a grist and a saw-mill; in it there are two or 

 three small islands covered with trees of no real 

 value, although exceedingly decorative. 



De Guir (the seigniory of), in the county of 

 Buckingham, bounded on the north and north- 

 west by Pierreville and St. Franpois, on the 

 south-east by the township of Upton, on the 

 south-west by Bourgmarie East, and on the 

 north-east by Courval; its figure is irregular, 

 the greatest length being two leagues and a 

 half; as it is now possessed, it does not agree 

 at all with the original grant, which specifies 

 two leagues of front by two leagues deep : it 

 was granted September 23, 1751, to Sieur 

 Josephe De Guir, dit des Hosiers; the property^ 

 now belongs to Josias Wurtel, Esq. Nearly 

 all this tract remains in a state of woodland; 

 in many places it is low, but of a soil that if 

 cleared would be fit for the productions of every 



