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east side of L'Epinay, is a small grant contain-* 

 ing only a superficies of 3575 arpens ; made 



May, 1675, by Letters Patent from the 



King to the Religieiises of the General Hospital 

 of Quebec, and from whom it has never been 

 alienated. The land in both these pieces is of 

 the same character, being a light sandy earth 

 intermixed with clay about the front part ; 

 proceeding inwards it changes to a black 

 mould, and in the vicinity of the mountains 

 it is a good yellow loam : from the River St. 

 Charles the surface is uneven, and continues 

 ridge above ridge to the rear, where it is more 

 abrupt and broken. Near the river there are 

 line meadows and pastures in both grants ; of 

 the arable, about one half is in a state of verv 

 good culture, producing wheat and other grain 

 abundantly, with garden vegetables in great 

 quantity and variety for the consumption of 

 the city. The lower parts are but scantily 

 timbered ; but on the rising grounds, and on 

 the skirts of the mountains, there is a profusion 

 of fine beech, maple, birch, and other woods of 

 the best description. The little River Jaune, 

 and several small streams, all flowing into the 

 St. Charles, amply and conveniently water the 

 cultivated lands. 



Hubert (the seigniory of ), in the county of 

 Quebec, is situated in the rear of the seigniories 



