ACRICULTUKAL RESOURCES'. 93 



■sliori'-; of the estuary of Grand River, located and laid off, was 

 93 in all, Iiaving an average of over 1G3 acres, or a total of 15,204 

 acres ; and that a further amount of 2,121 acres had been applied 

 for. On tlie Little Codroy River about 8,860 acres were occupied 

 ■or held in ]iussessiou. About 13,421 acics ^vere available in the 

 upper and uii()((Mi])i('d ])orti(jn of the Codi'uy Valley. The total 

 .area of cullivalili' l;niil in the valleys was 56,802 acres. 



A SmVEYOR'S KErORT. 



Tlie i-t]Miit nf a ( iovcrnment Surveyor General, made many 

 years ago, stairs tlial the soil in these, valleys consists of a " rich 

 loam capalile of llu- highest degree of cultivation, and fit for the 

 2n-oduction of any ili'scrijition of crojx" . . . " Ljang to the 

 nort.liward of the xabiablc tract of laud I'd'eiTcd to is found a 

 range of liilly gronud aihaiialdy adapted for grazing, its natural 

 productions consisting of herliage, which early in the sTinimer 

 .attains a height of lictween two and three feet." . . . "It 

 would be (litticulf ii imagine a niore beantiful or picture.sc|ne 

 .scene than the whole [H'e.scnts ; anil whether with reference to 

 the soil around it, to its lisheries or to its geographical situation, 

 forming as it does part of tlie Xorthern Head, and therefore com- 

 jnanding tlu- entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a more 

 ■desiral)le or iniporlant place for a settlement could scarcely be 

 found." 



A Ti:.\VEI^LEK"S OIJSERA.YTIONS. 



A traveller fiom (,'ape Breton, who visited this regicm, wrote 

 of it in the following terms : "The lan<l is hardly surpas,sed by 

 any in the Lower Provinces of Canada for its fertilitj". "We 

 travidled about 24 miles along this beautiful and romantic river. 

 There is a range of good upland extending some nine miles above 

 the settlement. This is studded with l)irch, spruce and fir. Then 

 commences what is called the " Big Interval."' This great tract 

 of rich land I travelled for about 15 miles either side of the river, 

 some places extending over a mile in width. The extent and 

 appearance of this .splendid "interval" struck me so forcibly 

 that I stopped to examine carefull}- tlie natui'e of the soil. I 



