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farm, the rent appears lower in tlils case than In that 

 of Alton. 



A drive of twelve miles down the Salmon River, 

 through similar red land, generally light, but often good, 

 brought us to Baxter's. Within about four miles, two 

 considerable streams join the Salmon River from the 

 west ; beyond which the united streams are called the 

 Kenebecasis ; and, the river valley narrowing, we leave 

 Sussex Yale behind. 



Near the mouth of the lowest of these streams I saw 

 a farm of 500 acres, of which 150 were cleared, includ- 

 ing a portion of intervale land. The owner on this 

 farm supports a large family, raises nearly all they re- 

 quire for home consumption, such as grain, flax, &c., 

 and realises from £50 to £150 a-year. 



After twelve miles more of a beautiful drive down the 

 Kenebecasis, we arrived at the town of Hampton, where 

 we crossed the river on our way to St John. On leaving 

 Sussex Yale, we found ourselves upon a coarse red sand- 

 stone conglomerate, which accompanied us for some miles 

 below Hampton, and formed a surface naturally much 

 more difficult to improve, and therefore less valuable to 

 the purchaser, than the red land we had left behind us. 

 Rocks and stones were strewed plentifully over the 

 slopes. Masses of the hard conglomerate protruded 

 from the soil, and deterred the poorer, less adventurous, 

 or less persevering cultivators. Still, much labour had 

 here and there been expended upon this forbidding- 

 surface. Good soils had rewarded those who found 

 courage enough to clear them of trees and stones, and 

 the beautiful landscape gave, in a stranger's eye, a double 

 value to homes established in spite of obstacles in this 

 portion of the county of King's. 



At the town of Hampton, I had the pleasure of meeting 

 some of the most intelligent members of the agricultural 

 society of this county. They assured me that an indus- 



