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charge for each person is three-pence, for a 

 horse six-pence, a horse and carriage nine- 

 pence, and fifteen-pence for a carriage and two 

 horses. The road, as it passes in the vicinity of 

 the river and winds up the lofty banks, is ex- 

 ceedingly steep ; but notwithstanding the diffi- 

 culty and fatigue of it to passengers, it is much 

 frequented, although there is another road 

 from Quebec passing over Jacques Cartier 

 bridge, that is something shorter in its distance, 

 and by which almost all the inequalities of the 

 ground are avoided. Less than one third of 

 this seigniory is cultivated ; some of the best 

 farms are near the road that passes by the St. 

 Lawrence, and on the south-west side, by the 

 road leading from the bridge to the barony of 

 Portneuf 



BELAiRorLEs EcuREuiLs (the seigniory of, 

 and its augmentation), in the county of Hants, 

 joins Jacques Cartier. It has its front to the St. 

 Lawrence, is bounded on the north-east by 

 Pointe aux Trembles, and in the fear by D'Au- 

 teuil ; half a league in breadth by one league 

 in depth; was granted November 3d, 1672, to 

 the Sieurs Toupin, father and son. The aug- 

 mentation, of the same breadth as the seigniory, 

 and two leagues in depth, was granted January 

 20th, 1706, to Marie Magdeleine Mezerai, 

 widow of Jean Toupin. Though composed of 



