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be visible. At Henderson's there is a spacious 

 building-yard, from whence have been launched 

 some of the largest vessels built in Lower Ca- 

 nada. From the western boundary of the Se- 

 minary Domaine as far as the Jetty, or Stone 

 Dyke, the beach belongs to the Hotel Dieu, 

 and, with the right of fishery, was granted to it 

 on the 31st March, 1648; but the greater part 

 thereof has been conceded by that establish- 

 ment to different persons, and is now occupied 

 either as wharfs, dock-yards, or timber-grounds. 

 From the Jetty, as far as St. Roch Street, the 

 whole of the beach is reserved by government, 

 beyond which the remaining portion, in front of 

 St. Roch, has lately been granted by the crown 

 to the Honourable John Richardson, of Mont- 

 real, in trust for the heirs of the late William 

 Grant, Esq. It is now divided into several 

 dock-yards, wharfs, and timber-grounds, and 

 occupied by various persons; among the former, 

 Goudie's yard is the most eminent and com-^ 

 plete, where ship-building upon an enlarged 

 scale has been carried on for many years. 

 Campbell's Wharf projects so far into the river as 

 to form rather a remarkable feature of it in look- 

 ing toward Dorchester bridge : the large build- 

 ing formerly called Grant's Mill still remains 

 upon it ; within these premises there is a very 

 extensive wet dock, or dam, for keeping timber 



