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belonging to the heirs of the late — — Tasche* 

 reau, Esq., Grand Voyer of the district. 



Vaudreuil (the seigniory of), in the coun- 

 ties of Buckingham and Dorchester, is situated 

 in the rear of St. Joseph, and bounded on the 

 north-east by the township of Cranbourne, on 

 the south-west by the township of Tring, and 

 in the rear by the seigniories of Aubert Galleon 

 and Delisle; its dimensions are precisely the 

 same as St. Joseph ; granted September 23d, 

 1736, to Sieur Fleury de la Gorgendiere: it 

 belongs now to Monsieur de Lery. The sur- 

 face of this property is uneven and broken, 

 ^nd although a good deal encumbered with 

 rocks, that in many places are only thinly 

 covered, the soil is not of an inferior quality ; 

 the cultivated parts lie on each side of the 

 Chaudiere, and vary, from a quarter to half a 

 mile in depth ; they contain about one hundred 

 and seventy concessions, many of them in a 

 flourishing state. The timber consists of a 

 general assortment of the best quality. Bie- 

 sides the Chaudiere, it is watered by several 

 other streams, of which the Bras de Sud Quest, 

 falling into the Chaudiere, is the largest; it is 

 supplied from several small lakes in the town- 

 ship of Tring, and is generally passable in 

 canoes, but not wdth boats. Within the seig- 

 niory there are a church and a parsonage, a 



