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so fine a tract as that around Prescott, and see nothing 

 to tell you that agriculture here is in a most flourishing 

 condition. Among the few enterprising men I met with 

 at Prescott, was Mr. S. Hurlburt, plow manufacturer; 

 and it is a great pity there were not a great many more 

 of the same character. 



A little below this town, stand the burnt and blackened 

 stone walls of several houses, destroyed in the Patriot 

 war. 



Before descending the boiling rapids of the St. Law- 

 rence, to Montreal, we will stop and meditate upon the 

 melancholy fact, that Canadian agriculture is far behind 

 that of the States on the American side of the line. 



