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ia front, and a grist-mill on the Riviere du Sud : 

 the seigniory is crossed by several roads leading 

 into the adjacent grants. 



La Durantaie (the seigniory of and its 

 augmentation), in the county of Hertford, 

 fronts the St. Lawrence : it is bounded on the 

 south-west by Beaumont, on the north-east by 

 Berthier, and in the rear by the township of 

 Armagh, and the seigniory of St. Gervais ; 

 two leagues in breadth by two in depth; was 

 granted October 29th, I672, to Sieur de la 

 Durantaie : the augmentation, of the same di- 

 mensions, was granted to Sieur de la Duran^ 

 taie. May l6th, ]693. The grant and aug- 

 mentation are now divided in equal propor- 

 tions into the two seigniories of St. Michel and 

 St. Vallier. 



St. Michel contains six ranges of con- 

 cessions parallel to the River St. Lawrence, 

 divided into one hundred and eighty-five lots 

 that are in a forward state of cultivation, and 

 about forty-five others entirely of woodJand. 

 Near the river the soil is light and sandy; re- 

 ceding from thence about a mile, there is a 

 fine loam of very excellent quality, but towards 

 the rear the land grows poor and steril ; conse- 

 quently none of it is occupied. On the best 

 grounds an advantageous system of husbandry 

 is pursued, and the crops of wheat and other 



