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how to take care of their own interests. The 

 church of La Vielle Lorette is pleasantly situ- 

 ated on the western side of a little branch of 

 the River St. Charles, on a rising ground, and 

 nearly surrounded by a grove of small but 

 handsome pine-trees. The parsonage-house is 

 the residence of Mr. Deschenaux, the Grand 

 Vicar, and Cure of the parish : this gentleman, 

 who is well known and highly esteemed by a 

 numerous circle of friends, both Catholic and 

 Protestant, of the first rank, has exerted his 

 well known good taste to great advantage upon 

 the gardens and other embelhshments of the 

 place, which are on a scale of liberality quite in 

 unison with the general hospitality of his cha- 

 racter. 



St. Ignace (the seigniory of), in the county 

 of Quebec, is bounded in front by the River St. 

 Charles, on the south-west by Sillery and St. 

 Gabriel, on the north-east by L'Epinay and 

 the township of Stoneham, and in the rear by 

 die seigniory of Hubert ; half a league in front 

 by ten leagues in depth ; was granted October 

 20th, 1652, to the community of the Hotel 

 Dieu, to whom it still belongs. With respect 

 to the quality of land and peculiarities of soil, 

 there is a strong affinity between this and the 

 seigniory of St. Gabriel ; the lower part is 

 rich, fertile;^ and well cultivated for more than 



