All by tenure of Fief and Seigniory with Right of High, Middle & low Justice, rights of Hunting, Fishing and the Indian trade as

We in virtue of the power granted to Us by His Majesty have

well in front of, as within said Tract.

given granted and conceded to said Sieur Bedou the said Tract of land as and in the manner it is

above described, which shall be bounded on the North and South by two lines drawn East & West

in front by the River Chambly and Lake Champlain, and in depth three leagues joining the nonconceded lands by a line drawn North & South parallel to that which shall pass the mouth of the River

Chazy and, besides, the Island called a la Mothe which is opposite the said Tract in Lake Champlain,

to possess it by himself his heirs and assigns in perpetuity and for ever by the tenure of Fief &

Seigniory with High Middle and Low Justice, with privileges of Fishing, Hunting and the Indian

Trade throughout the whole extent of said Tract, on condition of rendering Fealty & Hommage at

the Castle of St Louis of Quebec from which he will hold with the usual duties and charges according to the custom of Paris followed in this Country, of preserving & causing to be preserved by his

Tenants the Oak timber fit for buildiug King's Ships, of giving His Majesty all Mines Minerals &c.

[The remainder of this Patent is in terms similar to that already inserted p. 351. The grant was

The Seigniory was afterward made over by the proratified by the King of France 18 th June 1753.

nd

May 1754 to Daniel Lienard Sieur de Beaujeu, who had a Seigniory adjoining immeprietor on 2

;