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as missionaries for disseminating religious and 

 other useful knowledge. From the Point reach- 

 ing nearly down to the seigniory of Desmaure 

 runs a shoal called La Batture de la Pointe aux 

 Trembles, thickly beset with rocks that are un- 

 covered at low water. 



BouRGLouis (the seigniory of), in the 

 county of Hants, immediately in the rear of 

 Pointe aux Trembles, is bounded on the south- 

 west by D'Auteuil, on the north-east by Faus- 

 sembault, and in the rear by waste lands ; two 

 leagues and three quarters in front by three 

 leagues in depth ; was granted May 14th, 1741, 

 to Sieur Louis Fornel. This grant still remains 

 in its natural state, no part whereof is culti- 

 vated, although the soil is tolerably good, being 

 principally a strong loam. The timber is vari- 

 ous, and among it is found ash, beech, birch, 

 pine, and maple of good quality and large di- 

 mensions. It is watered by the River Ste. 

 Anne towards the rear, and by many small 

 streams that rise in the mountains southward 

 of that river, and fall into the Portneuf. 



Desmaure, or Sr. Augustin (the seigniory 

 of), in the county of Hants, fronting the St. 

 Lawrence, is bounded on the north-east by 

 Gaudarville, on the south-west by Pointe aux 

 Trembles, and in the rear by Guillaume Bon- 

 homme and Faussembault. No official record 



