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and a half in breadth by two leagues in depth ; 

 was granted July 1st, 1677? to Francois Bell- 

 anger. Of these five grants only a very small 

 portion is in a state of cultivation, which is 

 confined to the road leading by the River St. 

 Lawrence, through Tilly, Maranda, and Bon- 

 secours : in this direction the soil is good and 

 fertile, and the farms generally in high con- 

 dition. Gaspe cannot produce an acre of 

 tillage. The banks of the river are high; but 

 the rise is gradual. The whole tract is abun- 

 dantly furnished with timber of good quality, 

 of which large quantities are felled every year, 

 and sent to Quebec. St. Antoine has a church 

 and parsonage-house. Throughout the whole 

 of these properties there is scarcely a stream 

 of water to be met with. 



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

 of Buckingham, is bounded in front by the 

 seigniories of Gasp6 and Desplaines, on the 

 east by Lauzon, Ste. Etienne, and Ste. Marie, 

 on the west by Ste. Croix and the township of 

 Leeds, and in the rear by the township of 

 Broughton ; two leagues and three quarters 

 broad by six leagues deep ; was granted April 

 1st, 1738, to Rageot de ■ . The heirs of 

 the late Judge Davison are the present pro- 

 prietors. In this seigniory, although it may 

 be termed a valuable property, there is only 



