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at its junction with the httle stream called 

 Fouquet. The four islands called the Pilgrims 

 lie about a mile and a half off the front of the 

 seigniory, stretching nearly its whole breadth; 

 they are only piles of rock covered with low 

 brushwood and a few small trees : the westerly 

 one is the station of the telegraph No. 12. 



Riviere du Loup (the seigniory of), in the 

 county of Cornwallis, fronts the Saint Lawrence, 

 joining Granville and Lachenaye on the south- 

 west, and the seigniory of Isle Verte on the 

 north-east: in the rear it is bounded by waste 

 crown lands. It has nearly five leagues in 

 breadth by two in depth; granted April 5th, 

 1689, to the Sieurs Villerai and Lachenaye: 

 Alexander Fraser, Esq. is the proprietor. The 

 general appearanc of this seigniory is uneven 

 and mountainous, but it contains some exten- 

 sive patches of good arable and very fine 

 meadow land ; these are divided into several 

 ranges of concessions, bearing the names of St. 

 Andr6 Riviere du Loup, St. Patrick Riviere 

 du Loup, Fraserville, Nouvelle Ecosse, St. 

 George, or Cacona, St. Anthony, St. Andrew, 

 and St. Jacques : the first, a great part of the 

 second, and a little of the third, are in a very 

 good state of cultivation and well inhabited. 

 Th^ whole seigniory is abundantly timbered 



