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and the latter belongs toEtienne Le Blanc, Esq. 

 Towards the rear of these two fiefs the land is 

 higher, but in all other respects precisely similar 

 to Becancour, and the timber nearly of the 

 same species that prevails there. Two thirds 

 of the land is well settled, and in a superior 

 state of cultivation. 



Gentilly (the seigniory of), in the county 

 of Buckingham, is bounded on the north-east 

 by Livrard, on the south-west by fief Cour- 

 noyer, and in the rear by the townships 

 of Haddington and Blandford ; two leagues 

 and a half in front by two in depth; was 

 granted August 14th, I676, to Michel Pel- 

 letier, Sieur de la Perade: it is now the pro- 

 perty of Messrs. de Lery . For a great distance 

 the southern bank of the St. Lawrence has 

 been described as low, in many places but 

 little above the water^s level ; it here assumes a 

 different character, rising high and steep, from 

 whence there is a gradual descent towards the 

 rear. The soil in front is a sandy loam and 

 good clay, but further back it changes to a 

 strong black mould, that is very favourable to 

 most species of agriculture. The first and 

 second ranges of concessions near the St. Law-^ 

 rence, and on the river Gentilly, shew a very 

 good specimen of judicious management: the 

 whole of the land in culture will amount to 



