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great necessity. It is an object therefore worthy 

 the attention of the government of that province 

 to give every encouragement to facilitate its 

 immediate formation : when completed, a com- 

 munication from the back townships to Mont- 

 real will be opened, more direct and much 

 shorter than the present one, for the conveyance 

 of their produce to a certain market. 



Eardley and Onslow are the two last 

 townships on the Ottawa that have been sur- 

 veyed, and partial grants made therein, although 

 several others are projected, and names given 

 to them. The front of both of them extends 

 along Lake Chaudiere, or Kettle Lake. The 

 lands that have been examined in the former 

 are found to be of a favourable description ; 

 many parts suitable both for hemp and flax, as 

 well as grain, but no settlements have been yet 

 established upon them. The main westerly 

 ranges of mountains terminate upon the river 

 hereabouts. In the latter township, the first 

 range and part of the second are an almost 

 continued ledge of flat rocks, with scarce any 

 soil upon them, except only a very few lots that 

 have been granted ; the third and fourth ranges 

 appear to be very good land, that would soon 

 become profitable with careful culture ; but the 

 fifth and sixth are poor and swampy^ not worth 



