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Le Page (the seigniory of) follows Lessard ; 

 it is about three leagues in front by one in 

 depth ; granted November 4th, I696, to Sieurs 

 Louis Le Page and Gabriel Tibierge. An 

 augmentation to it of two leagues in depth was 

 granted to the same persons, May 7th, 1097. 



Pa c HOT (the seigniory of), lying next to Le 

 Page, consists of the River Metis, from its dis- 

 charge into the St. Lawrence for one league 

 upwards, and a tract of land along the St. 

 Lawrence, of one league in breadth by one 

 league in depth ; granted January 7th, 1689? 

 to Sieur Pachot. 



De Peiras or Metis (the seigniory of) 

 follows Pachot, and contains two leagues in 

 front along the river by two in depth ; granted 

 May 6th, 1675, to the Sieur de Peiras. The 

 general surface of these seigniories is moun- 

 tainous, and broken along the front, affording 

 but little good soil for the purposes of agricul- 

 ture. In the interior, and by the sides of the 

 rivers that water them, a few patches of tolera- 

 ble land, with some meadows and pastures, 

 present themselves. In Bic, Rimouski, and St. 

 Barnabe, there are some settlements in as fa- 

 vourable a condition as the soil and climate 

 will admit of; but in the others only a few 

 scattered farms are now and then visible. The 

 timber is abundant, and of very good quality 



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