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derately good soil, upon which there are a few 

 settlements under a respectable state of hus- 

 bandry ; there are also several patches of good 

 land more in the interior, lying in the hollows 

 between the ridges. Close by the river side 

 there is a very good road extending as far as 

 Bic, and indeed to some distance below it. 

 Isle Verte is much better settled, and in pro- 

 portion to its extent far more productive than 

 either of the others. It is watered by Riviere 

 Verte, which has its source in the mountains 

 south of TimiscOuata portage, and flows in a 

 northerly direction into the St. Lawrence ; it 

 has a ferry over it at the main road. Isle "Verte, 

 or Green Island, lying off the front of this seig- 

 niory, is six miles and a half in length by 

 the extreme breadth of one mile ; the soil on 

 this spot is good, and yields fine pasturage for 

 a large quantity of cattle ; there is also some 

 pretty good timber upon it. The light-house 

 on the north-east point has been already no- 

 ticed; the keeper of it, Mr. Hamilton, with 

 his family, and one other family, are the only 

 inhabitants. The island is an appendage to the 

 Riviere du Loup, and belongs to the same pro- 

 prietor. Dartigny and Richard Rioux are very 

 scantily watered, but very well covered with 

 timber of various species, and very good 

 growth. Trois Pistoles is intersected by a 



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