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high bank down to a dehghtful and well culti- 

 vated valley extending almost to the River St. 

 Charles, and joining the level tract of low land 

 that spreads for a great distance in the rear of 

 Quebec. This seigniory is intersected by nu- 

 merous good roads in all directions; the main 

 one by the St. Lawrence ascends several steep 

 acclivities, especially in the vicinity of Cap 

 Rouge, of which travellers seldom fail to feel the 

 effect, particularly in the summer time. 



SiLLERY (the seigniory of)^ in the county of 

 Quebec, is bounded by the River St. Lawrence 

 in the front, Guadarville on the south-westj 

 part of St. Ignace and several small grants on 

 the north-east, and by St. Gabriel in the rear ; 

 one league broad by about one league and a 

 half deep. This grant, originally forming part 

 of the concession of St. Gabriel, was ceded to 

 the King in 1664, and granted October 23d, 

 1669, to the Order of Jesuits : it is now the 

 property of the crown. The bank of the river 

 is very high, being the most elevated part of 

 the seigniory, from whence there is a plain, va- 

 ried with a few rising grounds, reaching to the 

 road, of Ste. Foi, northward of which for a short 

 distance is an easy declivity, terminated by k 

 steep descent into a valley that spreads nearly 

 to the boundary of St. Gabriel, where again 

 there is another gradual elevation. The soil is 



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