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latter turns a grist and a saw-mill. There is a 

 church and a parsonage-house, but the service 

 is performed by the cure of a neighbouring 

 parish. The main road crosses the seigniory 

 near its front : one ascends the Ste. Anne on 

 each side, and another leads to the back con- 

 cessions. In the St. Lawrence the extensive 

 shoal, called Les Battures des Grondines, 

 stretches along the front. There is a small fief 

 called Francheville, within Grondines, which, 

 by default of inheritance, has reverted to the 

 crown. 



La Tesserie (fief), on the north side of the 

 St. Lawrence, in the county of Hants, is bound- 

 ed on the south-west by Grondines, on the 

 north-east by La Chevrotiere, in the rear by the 

 township of Alton, and by the river in fronts- 

 one league in breadth by three in depth : was 

 granted November 3d, 1672? to Demoiselle de 

 la Tesserie. In this grant the land greatly re- 

 sembles that of Grondines, but perhaps has 

 some little advantage over it as to the general 

 quality of the soil ; it is watered in the rear by 

 the River Ste. Anne : by the main road there 

 are a few well-cultivated concessions, but in 

 other respects there is nothing meriting parti- 

 cular notice. 



La Chevrotiejre (the seigniory of) is on 

 the north bank of the St. Lawrence, in the 



