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exhibited by a notary, that the Dames Re- 

 ligieuses UrsuUnes possessed the seigniory of 

 Ste. Croix, containing one league in front by 

 ten in depth, which was granted to them on 

 the l6th January, 16375 ^nd confirmed by M. 

 Lauzon, the Governor, on the 6th March, 

 1652 it still remains the property of the 

 convent. On the high and steep bank of the 

 river in front the soil is a light-coloured loam, 

 greatly improved by a very superior style of 

 cultivation. Receding from thence, the land 

 decreases in height, and the soil changes to 

 a rich dark mould, which continues for some 

 miles, and then declines into extensive swamps, 

 covered with cedar, hemlock, black ash, and 

 spruce fir ; with the exception of the wet 

 lands, the whole range of the seigniory, from 

 front to rear, is abundantly clothed with fine 

 timber of all sorts. No stream of magnitude 

 is to be met with throughout the whole tract. 



LoTBiNiERE (the seigniory of), with its 

 augmentation, situated on the south side of 

 the St. Lawrence, in the county of Bucking- 

 ham, is bounded in front by the river, on the 

 east by Ste. Croix, on the west by Deschaillons 

 and its augmentation, and in the rear by the 

 townships of Somerset and Nelson. This seig- 

 niory was granted in several parcels as follows,^ 

 viz. November 3d, 1672, half a league in front 



