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and is now possessed by Louis Giioinj Esq. 

 But little of this grant is cleared; the land 

 however is much above mediocrity: a few 

 swampy places present the usual kinds of 

 timber upon a wet soil, but the uplands pro- 

 duce beech, maple, birch, and pine. The 

 south-west branch of the Nicolet and the St. 

 Francis water it; on the latter is a grist-mill 

 belonging to the seignior. The few settlers 

 who have began to cultivate are established 

 upon the banks of the two rivers, and have 

 managed to improve their farms very fast. 

 The only road is the one from St. Antoine to 

 the new townships. 



Nicolet (the seigniory of, and its augment- 

 ation), on the south side of the St. Lawrence, 

 or rather Lake St. Peter, in the county of 

 Buckingham, is bounded by Baie St. Antoine 

 (seigniory) and Courval on the south-west, Ro- 

 quetaillade and the township of Aston on the 

 north-east, and the township of Wendover in 

 the rear; two leagues in front by two in depth; 

 was granted October 29th, 1672, to Sieur de 

 Laubia: the augmentation, two leagues in 

 breadth by three in depth, was granted November 

 4th, 1680, to Sieur de Cresse ; they are at present 

 possessed by Mons. Cress6, a lineal descendant 

 of the original proprietor. The soil of this 

 grant is not remarkably good, but industry has 



