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feet long, twenty in breadth, and fifteen above 

 the water's level. It is built of wood, and sup- 

 ported by substantia] neat stone piers ; on the 

 top there is a very handsome railing: the two 

 being nearly together, and almost at right 

 angles with each other, have a very light and 

 pretty appearance. In every part of the seig- 

 niory, but particularly by the St. Lawrence, 

 and on each side of the Riviere du Sud, there 

 are many good houses in the midst of fertile 

 well stocked farms, surrounded by fine gardens 

 and good orchards, that convey an imposing 

 idea of the affluent circumstances of their 

 owners. Several excellent roads pass in dif- 

 ferent directions through the seigniories, par- 

 ticularly by the sides of the rivers. It contains 

 two churches, one in the village, dedicated to 

 St. Thomas, and another to St.^ Peter, on the 

 south side of Riviere du Sud. A small chapel, 

 called La Chapelle de St. Pierre, is seated on 

 an eminence, from whence a most agreeable 

 prospect of the St. Lawrence and the surround- 

 ing country opens itself. On the different 

 streams there are two grist-mills^ and several 

 saw-mills. The village of St. Thomas contains 

 about ninety houses, exclusive of store-houses 

 and granaries, with a population of five hundred 

 persons ; it is most delightfully situated at the 

 confluence of the two Rivers du Sud and St. 



