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county of Hants, between La Tesserie and 

 Deschambault, bounded in the rear by waste 

 lands of the crown; one league in front by 

 three leagues in depth : the date of the grant 

 is uncertain, as the original title has never been 

 found among the records of the province, or 

 among the registers of fealty and homage; 

 but from the tenor of the grants of La Tesserie 

 and Deschambault, it appears to have been con- 

 ceded sometime before the year 1652, to M. 

 Chavigny de la Chevrotiere: it is at this day 

 possessed by M. de la Chevrotiere, a lineal 

 descendant of the person who first received the 

 grant. Of the soil in this seigniory the gene- 

 rality possesses a good share of fertility, and is 

 well suited to the produce of wheat and all other 

 grain, though at this time not more than one 

 third of the land is under tillage. The surface 

 of it is uneven, and the same will be observed to 

 be the case more and more on approaching 

 Quebec from the westward ; the banks of the 

 St. Lawrence also increase greatly in height, 

 and the beach becomes more rocky and irregu- 

 lar, with the battures or shoals running out to a 

 considerable distance from it. Beech, maple, 

 and some excellent pine-timber, are found 

 close to the river. The seigniory is watered 

 by many small streams besides the River Ste. 

 Anne, that crosses it near its rearward limit, 



