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irregularity of it arises from a cession that the 

 proprietor of it made to the Seignior of Riviere 

 du Sud, on the 22d January, 1728. A Hgbt 

 sandy earth, varied with a mixture of yellowish 

 loam, is the prevalent kind of soil; it is fertile, 

 and highly productive of grain of all kinds ; the 

 largest proportion of the land is under culture, 

 and the general system of husbandry seems to 

 have obtained a great degree of improvement. 

 Many of the farms are in a flourishing con- 

 dition, of which those on the Riviere du Sud, 

 and the bank of the St. Lawrence, are perhaps 

 the best and most conspicuous. Along the 

 front the ground is rather low, but it gradually 

 rises to a small ridge about a mile from the 

 shore, from the summit of which a very in- 

 teresting prospect unfolds itself ; the river, be- 

 tween eleven and twelve miles across, is beauti- 

 fully varied by the groups of islands, lying off the 

 west end of Crane Island. The eastern end of 

 the island of Orleans, with all its rich diversity 

 of scenery, and the lofty mountains rising be- 

 hind Cape Tourmente complete the distant 

 view ; the descent from the crest of the ridge 

 down to the shore is a continuation of well 

 cultivated fields, enriched with almost every 

 object that can make a landscape perfect; 

 these, with the addition of the church, and a 

 small cluster of houses charmingly seated al- 



