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Gasp6 ; to the southward it is bounded by the 

 ridge of mountains already designated as the 

 north-easterly chain, and on the northward by 

 the 52d degree of north latitude. It contains 

 the counties of Cornwallis, Devon, Hertford, 

 Dorchester, Hampshire, Quebec, Orleans, and 

 Northumberland; eighty-seven seigniories, four- 

 teen whole townships, four that are partly 

 within the district of Three Rivers, eighteen 

 projected townships, and forty-two parishes. 

 The quantity of land granted in fief et seigneu- 

 rie amounts to 4,352,500 acres, or 5,1095319 

 French arpents : in free and common soccage, 

 561,234 acres. Of the old tenures, one third part, 

 or perhaps a little less, is under cultivation : in 

 the townships the proportion under tillage is 

 yet but small. 



Grondines (the seigniory of, and its aug- 

 mentation), in the county of Hants, on the 

 north side of the River St. Lawrence, is bound- 

 ed on the south-west by the seigniory and aug- 

 mentation of Ste. Anne, in the district of Three 

 Rivers, by La Tesserie on thie north-east, and 

 by the unsurveyed township of Alton and waste 

 lands of the crown in the rear. It was granted 

 in three parts, viz. the western part, one league 

 in front by ten in depth, on the 20th March, 

 1638, to the Duchess d'Aiguillon, for Les Dames 

 Hospitalieres of the Hotel Dieu of Quebec; the 



