50t) 



Buckland, and the seigniory of Ste. Marie. It 

 is of an irregular figure, its greatest length 

 being about three leagues, and its utmost 

 depth nearly the same : it is now the property 



of Taschereau, Esq. Both these grants, 



with respect to the kinds of soil and species of 

 timber found in them, bear a great affinity to 

 the rear part of the adjoining seigniory of 

 Lauzon; in each of them, a little removed 

 from the rocky banks of the Chaudiere, there 

 are some ranges of settlements where the land 

 is tolerably fertile, and has the appearance of 

 being well managed, through which some good 

 roads pass. About the middle of the grant, 

 the main road from Quebec to the new town- 

 ships crosses the Chaudiere at the ferry. Jol* 

 liet is also partially watered by the river 

 Echemin. 



Ste. Marie (the seigniory of), is in the 

 counties of Buckingham and Dorchester, 

 bounded on the north-west by the township 

 of Frampton, and seigniory of JoUiet, on the 

 south-west by St. Gilles, on the west by St. 

 Etienne and Jolliet, and on the east by St. 

 Joseph, three leagues deep, by four leagues 

 broad ; was granted 2Sd September, 1736, 

 to Sieur Taschereau, in whose family it stiM 

 remains. 



St. Joseph (the seigniory of) touches the 



