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a small proportion under tillage. The soil is 

 a good black mould, varied with yellow and 

 dark loams ; the surface is irregular, and to- 

 wards the south-west lies so low as to occasion 

 swamps, that are thickly covered with cedar 

 and black ash ; the other parts produce a 

 mixture of good timber of all kinds. It is 

 very well watered by the river Beaurivage, 

 and many small streams falling into it. The 

 cultivated lands lie on each side of the Beau- 

 rivage, and are pretty thickly settled, with 

 many of the farms in excellent condition. On 

 the western bank of that river there is a good 

 road leading from St. Nicholas, on the St. Law- 

 rence, into the township of Leeds, where it 

 falls into Craig^s Road. As this is a great 

 thoroughfare, it excites some surprise, consi- 

 dering the goodness of the land, that more of 

 it is not under cultivation. 



Ste. Croix (the seigniory of), on the south 

 side of the St. Lawrence, in the county of 

 Buckingham, is bounded in front by the river, 

 on the east by Bonsecours, Desplaines, and 

 St, Gilles, on the west by Lotbiniere, its aug- 

 mentation, and the township of Nelson, and 

 in the rear by the township of Leeds. The 

 orimnal title of this concession has not been 

 found ; but it appears from the registers of 

 fealty and homage, a declaration has been 



