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improves into a fine black mould; in the rear 

 it lies low, and has one or two small swamps, 

 and perhaps as many bruUs: a little draining 

 would, in a short time, convert the first into 

 fine meadows, and the latter might be as easily 

 improved into good arable land. Wood is 

 plentiful, although but little of first rate quality 

 among it. The Rivers Ste. Marguerite and 

 Godefroi, with many small rivulets, wind through 

 both fiefs so as to water them completely; 

 two mills are turned by them. About two- 

 thirds of each property is settled, and some of 

 it in a state of superior cultivation, particularly 

 on the road, or CImnin du Village as it is 

 called, that goes from Becancour to Nicolet, 

 the Coteaux Vuide Poche, Beausejour, St. 

 Charles and Cote du Brule; between the dif- 

 ferent ranges there are roads leading to the 

 Route de St. Gregoire, which communicates 

 with the main road near the ferry across the 

 St. Lawrence. The church of St. Gregoire, sur- 

 rounded by a few well built houses, is situated 

 on the east side of the route near the Chemin 

 du Village. The easterly boundary of Godefroi 

 is supposed to pass down the middle of the 

 River Godefroi from Lake St. Paul. 



Becancour (the seigniory of), on the south 

 «ide of the St. Lawrence, in the county of 

 Buckingham, is bounded by Godefroi on the 



