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pine, besides a great plenty of inferior sorts. 

 It is watered by a few small streams, that de- 

 scend from the mountains, and flow into the 

 Riviere du Sud. 



FouRNiER (fief), in the county of Devon, 

 fronting the St. Lawrence, is bounded on the 

 south-west by St. Thomas and L'Epinay, on 

 the north-east by Gagne and Ste. Claire, and 

 in the rear by waste lands of the crown ; thirty 

 arpens in breadth, by two leagues in depth; 

 granted November 3d, 1672, to Sieur Four- 

 nier. 



Gagne^ (fief) joins the north-east side of 

 Fournier, and bounded in the rear by Ste. 

 Claire ; ten arpens in front, by one league in 

 depth ; granted September 3d, 1675, to Sieur 

 Louis Gagn6. 



Cap St. Ignace (fief), next to Gagne, is 

 half a league in front, by a league in depth ; it 

 is the property of Monsr. Vincelot. No docu- 

 ment relating to this grant has been found 

 among the records lodged in the surveyor- 

 general's office. 



Ste. Claire (fief), in the rear of Gagne 

 and Cap St. Ignace, two leagues in depth, by 

 nearly one league in breadth; was granted 

 March 17th, 1693, to Rene Le Page. Of 

 these fiefs, the three first possess a tolerably 

 rich and productive soil, and are in a very 



