it under tillage. Among a variety of fine 

 timber, abundance of capital pine is produced : 

 it is watered by Le Grand Ruisseau, and seve- 

 ral other streams that turn both grist and saw- 

 mills. It contains a church that is surrounded 

 by several houses, very pleasantly situated on 

 the bank of the river. Besides the main road, 

 there are some others branching off in different 

 directions into the seigniories of Riviere Quelle 

 and St. Roch^ all of which are in good order. 



Riviere Quelle (the seigniory of), and 

 its augmentation, in the county of Cornwallis^ 

 is bounded on the south-west by Ste. Anne, 

 on the north-east by St. Denis, in front by 

 the St. Lawrence, and on the rear by the un- 

 surveyed township of Ixworth; two leagues 

 in breadth by one and a half in depth ; was 

 granted Qctober 29th, 1672, to Sieur de la 

 Boutellerie. The augmentation, two leagues 

 in front by two in depth, was granted Qcto- 

 ber 20th, 1750, to Dame Genevieve de Ram- 

 say, veuve de Sieur de Bois Hebert : they are 



now the propert}^ of « Casgrin, Esq. 



This is a very valuable and productive tract 

 of country, the greater part of it being a plain, 

 of which the soil is both rich and fertile, being 

 a fine dark mould, interspersed with clay and 

 good marl : the equality of surface is here and 

 there varied by a few small swells and perpen- 



