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not inaptly be called the Eton or Rugby of Young Canada. , 

 Near Lennoxville there are some rich copper and lead mines, 

 which have added materially to the increase and prosperity 

 of the village within the last few years. 



Brompton Falls, seven miles from Sherbrooke, on the 

 St. Francis, is important principally on account of its large 

 lumbering operations and saw-mills; the establishment of 

 C. S. Clarke & Co. here being one of the largest in the 

 country, and rivalling any of those on the Ottawa. There 

 are a number of other small lakes lying in this vicinity, such 

 as Brompton Lake, Stukely, Brome, &c. ; but the scenery of 

 all is so similar, that to enumerate their beauties would be 

 but to reiterate what has already been said, both with regard 

 to their localities and the fishing they afford. 



At the junction of the Quebec and Portland branches of 

 the Grand Trunk is situated Richmond, ninety-six miles 

 from Quebec and seventy-six from Montreal. It is a place 

 that does not seem to have thriven equally with the other 

 towns of this part of Canada, and yet the whole township in 

 which it lies possesses numerous mill-sites, and there are 

 some valuable copper mines and slate quarries in its imme- 

 diate vicinity. The Balrath copper mine is only five miles 

 distant, and is in full operation ; several others also have 

 lately been opened, and the whole range of rocks here seem 

 highly metalliferous. St. Francis College, standing as it 

 does on a hill, is a building that attracts notice from which- 

 ever side you approach Richmond. There is nothing of 

 architectural beauty about it, but its prominence brings it to 

 the notice of every passer by. The institution was founded 

 and is carried on, on unsectarian principles, and has been 

 affiliated with McGill College. Opposite to Richmond, across 

 the St. Francis, and one mile distant, connected by a covered 

 bridge, is the village of Melbourne. The river is here 

 characterized by the same beauty which distinguishes it at 

 Sherbrooke, its continuous windings adding so much to the 



