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been so much encouraged as to exhibit many 

 pleasing proofs of having completely answered 

 the expectations of its benevolent patron. There 

 are six professors in the different branches of 

 philosophy, classics, belles lettres, &c. and one 

 for the EngHsh language; the whole system 

 and progress of the studies are carried on 

 under the immediate inspection of a director, 

 who always resides at the college. In addition 

 to the advantages of a liberal and polished 

 education, the pupils here enjoy a salubrious 

 air, with every means of acquiring vigour of 

 body, as well as cultivating the mind. 



RoQUETAiLLADE (fief), ou the south side of 

 the St. Lawrence, in the county of Bucking- 

 ham, joins Nicolet on the south-west, and is 

 bounded by the township of Aston in the rear, 

 half a league in front by three leagues in depth; 

 was granted April 22, 1675, to Sieur Pierre 

 Godefroi de Roquetaillade. 



GoDEPRoi (fief), adjoining Roquetaillade, 

 ]s three quarters of a league in front by three 

 leagues in depth ; was granted August 31, 

 16S8, to Sieur Godefroi, and is now the pro- 

 perty of Etienne Le Blanc, Esq. and Mons. 

 Loiseau. Estimated generally, the land of 

 these two fiefs is valuable; in the front, in- 

 deed, it is rather light and sandy, but it soon 

 loses that character, and towards the interior 



