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good state of cultivation, particularly along 

 the bank of the St. Lawrence, where the sur- 

 face is smooth and level, but the back part of 

 them is rugged and mountainous. In St. Ig- 

 nace very little timber remains ; but Fournier 

 produces a great deal of all sorts. Excepting 

 Ste. Claire, they are all well watered by the 

 Bras St. Nicholas, and some rivulets that flow 

 into the St. Lawrence. Ste. Claire is still in its 

 natural state : the land is very uneven, but 

 moderately good ; the timber in great variety 

 and superior quality. 



ViNCELOT (the seigniory of) and its aug- 

 mentation, in the county of Devon, is bounded 

 on the north-east by Bonsecours, on the south- 

 west by Cap St. Ignace and Ste. Claire, and in 

 the rear^by waste lands ; it is one league square, 

 and was granted November 3d, l67^, to the ^ 

 widow Amiot The augmentation is one league 

 in breadth by two in depth, and was granted 

 February 1, 1693, to Sieur de Vincelot. To- 

 wards the river the land is low, the soil a light 

 sandy earth with clay or marl ; in the rear there 

 is a light-coloured loam as it approaches the 

 mountains; the greatest part is under culti- 

 vation : it is rather bare of timber. The Bras 

 St. Nicholas and some small streams water it 

 very well. The front is indented by a large 

 bay, near to which is situated the church and 



