about twelve miles from Phillipsburg, consist-* 

 ing of only seventeen houses, a free school, 

 forge, trip-hammer, mills, and some out-build- 

 ings; the church (Trinity) is a short distance 

 from the river, on the north bank. The popu- 

 lation of St. Armand has within a few years 

 greatly added to its numbers, being at present 

 2500 souls : emigration from the United States 

 has been one great occasion of this increase. 

 Among the persons so settled, it should be 

 noticed, that a great proportion of them have 

 not sworn allegiance to the British government, 

 a duty the magistracy of the district ought not 

 to dispense with from those who choose to do- 

 miciliate so near the borders ; as in the event 

 of hostilities, and which latterly was the case, 

 many of these people would remove the whole 

 of their property and stock to the American 

 territory. Lands are not granted by the crown 

 to any individual who has not previously sworn 

 allegiance, and the same precautions should be 

 taketi with respect to strangers, particularly in 

 the frontier townships, who acquire lands by 

 purchase or otherwise. The different streams 

 w^ork many grist and saw-mills, which about 

 the villages are eight in number. The Pinnacle 

 Mountain, one of the large swells already spoken 

 of, covers a superficies of about 600 acres, and 



