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with beech, maple, birch, and large quantities 

 of pine. It is watered by several streams, but 

 the principal one is Riviere du Loup, which 

 rises in the high lands, and flows in nearly a 

 northerly course into the St. Lawrence; on 

 both sides of it the banks are high, until ap- 

 proaching within about three quarters of a mile 

 of its discharge, Avhere they become low and 

 flat : vessels of twenty-five tons may ascend it as 

 high as the bridge, a little more than half a 

 mile from its mouth. Fraser Lodge, the re- 

 sidence of the owner of the seigniory, is situated 

 on the north side of the entrance of the 

 river. The main road passes close to the 

 River St. Lawrence, except near the church 

 of St. Patrick, where it makes a detour by a 

 rising ground, up to the bridge over Riviere 

 du Loup, and afterwards descends again to 

 the bank of the St. Lawrence, and so continues 

 through the remainder of the grant. By the 

 side of this road there are many ranges of well 

 cultivated fields, that yield abundant crops of 

 all kinds of grain ; numerous farm-houses, with 

 Jarge and substantial outbuildings, besides a 

 great many dwelling-houses. Through the 

 whole of this extensive property there is but 

 one church ; however, in the concession of St. 

 George, near Cacona, there is a chapel for 



