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grist-mill, four saw-mills, and altogether about 

 two hundred and twenty houses, chiefly built 

 of wood ; the population is between one thou- 

 sand four hundred and one thousand five hun- 

 dred. The Chaudiere may be crossed at two 

 or three fords ; but these^ after a couple of 

 days rain, are too much swollen to be safe to 

 venture a carriage through them. 



AuBERT Gallion^ and De L'Isle (the 

 seigniories of), in the counties of Buckingham 

 and Dorchester, are the two last settlements 

 on the River Chaudiere, and seoarated by it 

 from each other, both in the rear of VaudreuiL 

 The former is bounded on the south-west by the 

 township of Shenley, and on its eastern side by 

 unsurveyed crown lands; it is two leagues 

 square; granted September 24th, 1736, to 

 Dame Aubert, and is now the property of Mr. 

 Jacob Pozer. The latter is bounded by un- 

 surveyed lands, except on the side towards 

 VaudreuiL It is of the same dimensions as 

 Aubert Gallion, and was granted on the same 

 day to Sieur Gabriel Aubert de LTsIe : it now 

 belongs to M. de Lery. The land in both 

 grants is of a good quality, and on the Chau- 

 diere thickly settled; but the farms neither 

 exhibit much care or good management : nor 

 do the inhabitants bear that character of in- 

 dustry, or possess the attendant comforts, that 



