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gendiere, Esq. and the Honourable Juchereau 

 Duchesnay. This, in almost every respect, is 

 a very valuable property, with a soil of unex- 

 ceptionable quality ; being a mixture of good 

 clay with a little sand, a fine yellow loam, and 

 in many places a rich black mould, which in 

 the vicinity of Point Deschambault has a stra- 

 tum of rock beneath it. The surface is uneven, 

 and from being a fine level flat near the river, 

 it rises in small ridges, mounting by gradations 

 one above another nearly to the limits of the 

 seigniory in the rear : from the westward also 

 there is a gradual acclivity from the plain to 

 the height of Point Deschambault. On this 

 flat the land is every where fertile, and fit for 

 the production of every article of the country, 

 whether grain, fruit, or vegetables ; the princi- 

 pal part of it is in an excellent state of cultiva- 

 tion, and the numerous farms on each side of 

 the main road, with their substantial houses, 

 and every requisite appendage, afford a pleas- 

 ing evidence of the industry and good husbandry 

 of the proprietors. On the different ranges of 

 concessions towards the interior many of the 

 lots display an equal share of good manage- 

 ment, and which indeed is the case with nearly 

 all the land under tillage, amounting to a full 

 third of the whole seigniory. The timber is of 

 a moderately good quality, though but of little 



