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to the Ottawa. In front of the township are 

 some small islands, that in the intervals between 

 ihem form several rapids. 



Wentworth is situated in the rear of 

 Chatham, and has the full dimensions of an 

 inland township, about one quarter of which is 

 subdivided and granted. The greater part of 

 this tract is mountainous and rocky, very inap- 

 plicable to arable purposes; but on the three 

 first ranges, all that has hitherto been surveyed, 

 the land is found to be of a tolerable good qua- 

 lity, but not any part of it is yet settled upon. 

 Although there are no very strong inducements 

 to attempt cultivation, this township produces 

 most excellent timber for naval purposes, in 

 great abundance, with the advantage of easy 

 conveyance by the Riviere du Nord, by which 

 it is watered, besides several other streams and 

 small lakes. 



Grenville, including an additional parcel 

 of land added thereto since the original grant, 

 is the second township to the westward on the 

 Ottawa River, situated between the seigniory 

 of La Petite Nation and Chatham, and bounded 

 in the rear by unsurveyed lands of the township 

 of Harrington. In the nature of the soil, the 

 species and quality of the timber, it greatly 

 resembles Chatham. A grant of large extent 

 has been made to Archibald McMillan and 



