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perior fertility of the soil, about an eighth part 

 only of the grants are settled upon. There 

 are seven ranges of concessions parallel to the 

 St. Lawrence, and one perpendicular to it, 

 which contain five hundred and eighty lots, of 

 three acres in front, by thirty in depth ; of this 

 number, four hundred and five, under the ma- 

 nagement of an industrious tenantry, who are 

 good cultivators, yield abundant crops of grain, 

 and indeed of every other article. Near the mid- 

 dle of the front of the seigniory stand a hand- 

 some stone church and parsonage-house, and 

 near to them a few neat and well-built houses ; 

 indeed, this is the characteristic of the major 

 part of the dwellings; the number of them 

 is considerable, as the population ascends to 

 3400 souls. On the eastern side, near the St. 

 Lawrence, is a small domain of only twelve 

 acres, wholly uncultivated, but thickly clothed 

 with timber-trees of a superior description : in 

 it is situated the seignorial mill. On the dif- 

 ferent streams there are six saw-mills, and five 

 manufactories of pot-ash. The main road pass- 

 ing by the St. Lawrence, as well as all the 

 others throughout the seigniory, is always kept 

 in excellent repair. 



DeschaillonSjSt. Jean Deschailloks, 

 or Riviere du Chene (the seigniory of and 

 its augmentation), in the county of Bucking- 



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