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irregular tract lying in the rear of the seigniory 

 of Ste. Anne, and the augmentation to the 

 River Quelle. Of this township no more than 

 one thousand two hundred acres have been sur- 

 veyed, and granted to Matthew Omara, the 

 whole of which is most excellent land : it joins 

 Ste. Anne, and some part of it is in a very for- 

 ward state of cultivation: on the remainder 

 there is a large quantity of excellent pine tim- 

 ber, much of which is transported by the River 

 Quelle to the St. Lawrence, and thence to 

 Quebec. 



Stoneham and Tewkesbury, two town- 

 ships on the north side of the St. Lawrence, in 

 the county of Quebec, except a small part of 

 the latter which is in the county of Northum- 

 berland ; they join each other, and are situated 

 in the rear of the seigniories of Cote de Beau- 

 pres, Beauport, and Notre Dame des Anges. 

 The general face of the land throughout these 

 tracts is mountainous and rocky ; the largest 

 part of it barren and unfit for cultivation, 

 though here and there some scanty patches of 

 arable land lie in the vallies, where the soil is 

 moderately good, and would bear tillage. Some 

 little exception, however, may be made in 

 favour of that part of Stoneham from the front 

 of it to the River Jacques Cartier, where the 

 land is chiefly arable, and of a yellow loamy 



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