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hy a few dwarf pines and low underwood. The 

 soil is excellent, being either a rich black mould, 

 a yellow loam, or a mixture of clay and sand : 

 towards the rear it loses some of its goodness 

 and fertility, as it becomes mountainous. — - 

 About one half of the grant is under cultiva- 

 tion, and agriculture has made great progress 

 in a very productive system : wheat and all 

 kinds of grain seldom fail of abundant harvests ; 

 but these are not the only dependence of the 

 farmer, as there are within the seigniory some 

 of the best dairies in the province, from whence 

 large quantities of excellent butter are conti- 

 nually sent to Quebec, where it is more esteemed 

 than any other kind brought to the market. Ex- 

 cept the mountainous parts, where fine beech, 

 birch, maple, basswood, and pine, are produced^ 

 there is not much timber to be found. It is 

 watered by the Riviere du Domaine, which in 

 its course works a grist and a saw-mill, and by 

 a variety of other small streams falling into the 

 St. Lawrence. Several roads leading into the 

 adjoining grants, and many others, open a com- 

 munication with the different concessions : on 

 both sides of them there are many farm-houses, 

 situated in the midst of fields of most luxuriant 

 fertility, that from spring to autumn present all 

 the beautiful variety of an interesting country. 

 The church and parsonage are pleasantly seated 



