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dicular rocks of granite, covered at top with 

 creeping shrubbery. The greater part of the 

 land bespeaks a superior state of husbandry ; 

 the arable yields grain of all sorts in abun- 

 dance, and of a quality scarcely surpassed by 

 any other seigniory in the province : the mea- 

 dow and pasture lands are very luxuriant, and 

 the produce of the dairies forms no inconsi- 

 derable portion of the farmer s wealth. The 

 farm-houses and other dwellings are generally 

 accompanied by well stocked gardens and good 

 orchards, their inhabitants enjoying, from all 

 appearance, every comfort that industry can 

 procure among a people wholly cultivators. 

 Although the lands in occupation are generally 

 good, yet a little superiority is perceptible 

 among those on each side of River Quelle, 

 on the plain stretching north-eastward from 

 thence, and on the main road in the vicinity 

 of the St. Lawrence. In the front part of the 

 seigniory there is but little timber ; in the rear, 

 however, there is a profuse variety of the best 

 kinds. It is admirably watered by the River 

 Quelle, many small streams, and the Lake St. 

 Pierre. The source of the former is in the 

 north-east range of mountains, from whence it 

 winds a serpentine course down to the St. 

 Lawrence: it feels the effect of the tide for 

 some distance up, and is so far navigable for 



