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are so visible in many other parts of the dis- 

 trict. The timber found here is generally of a 

 good quality, and in profusion. In addition to 

 the Chaudiere, De L'Isle is watered by Rivieres 

 du Loup and la Famine ; in the vicinity of the 

 former there are many extensive tracts of ex- 

 cellent meadow land. 



La Martiniere (tief), on the south bank 

 of the St. Lawrence, in the county of Hertford, 

 is bounded on the south-w^est by Lauzon, on 

 the north-east by Mont-a-Peine, and in the 

 rear by the township of Buckland ; its breadth 

 is only ten arpens, but its depth is six leagues ; 

 granted August 5th, 1692, to Sieur de la Mar- 

 tiniere, and now belongs to — — Reid, Esq., 

 of Montreal. 



Mont-a-Peine (fief) joins the above, and 

 is bounded on the north-east by St. Michel, 

 in the rear by St. Gervais; it was granted 

 in two parts; the first, ten arpens broad by 

 forty deep, to Sieur de Vitre, on the 24th 

 September, 1683 ; the augmentation, of the 

 same breadth, and completing the depth of 

 the whole to six leagues, was granted June I8th, 

 1749? to Claude Antoine de Berment; it is 

 now the property of Fereol Roy, Esq. These 

 two fiefs possess a soil nearly similar to the 

 seigniory of Lauzon, and are in a forward 

 state of cultivation, two thirds of the whole 



