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dition. General Simcoe, the Governor, received his Grace like 

 a fr end, and communicated much informr.tion refpecting the 

 plans he had in view for its improvement, in which, it would 

 appear, he was rather crofTed by the Governor-general Lord 

 Dorchefter. The bounds of this newly cultivated province 

 include all the country weflward of lakes Erie and Ontario, 

 not within the limits of the old province of Quebec, or Lower 

 Canada-, and the two provinces contain about 170,000 fouls. 

 From what is faid, it appears that thefe provinces hardly 

 furnilh grain fufhcient for fupplying the confumption of the 

 inhabitants, and that their eftabliftiment is a very heavy bur- 

 den upon Great Britain. 



Being prohibited by the Governor-general from entering 

 Lower Canada, his Grace was obliged to crofs the lakes, and 

 travelled by way of Ofwego and Albany to Bofton. During 

 this tour, when palTing Saratoga, he expatiates upon the 

 fcenes which took place there, in the moft animated language. 

 Maflachuflets he defcribes as being as much cultivated as 

 France, and the country, within twenty miles of Bofton, as a 

 continued village. 



Leaving Bofton, his Grace vifited the province of Ma'iney 

 and was kindly received by General Knox, who poflefles an 

 extenfive landed eftate, known by the name of the Waldo 

 Patent. An extra61: from the work will do juftice to the 

 General, who a£led a confpicuous part under General Wa(h- 

 ington, during the American war. 



" In this territory, it feems to me that no perfon can fail to 

 thrive, who pofleflTes fo eminently the qualities of Intelligence, pru- 

 dence, and aflivity, together with a fufficient capital to lay out ia 

 improvements. 



" Thefe neceflary fubdivifions of his eftate can only ferve to make 

 it all one fcene of profperous hiifbandry, and abundant population, 

 fooner than the worthy owner could have otherwife expefted. So 

 much do I know of his charadler and talents, and fo freely did he 

 explain his plans to me, that I cannot but hope, as warmly as I 

 fmcerely wifti, the happieft confequences to his affairs, and to the 

 country, to refult from them both. At the fame time, it fcems to 

 be indifpenfably requifite to their fuccefs, that they be profecuted 

 with unwearied and unalterable perfeverance. At the diftance of 

 Philadelphia, and amidll other bufinefs, it will be impofiible to 

 give the due attention to their advancement. A refidencc on the 

 fpot is abfolutely ntcefTary. But, with this, attention and activity 

 cannot fail to fnrmount every obliacle ; and the liappielt event muit 

 infallibly enfue. General Knox is fully fcnfihlc of all this, and liaa 

 therefore retired from that public bufinefs, in which he was engaged 



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