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west the lands rise gently in many places to 

 considerable eminences ; in this part there are 

 several sorts of soil, but almost the whole unex- 

 ceptionable and plentifully covered with beech, 

 elm, maple, basswood and white ash. To the 

 north-east there are many swamps, some of them 

 overgrown with black ash, and others with cedar, 

 &c. ; those covered with ash might soon be ren- 

 dered fit for culture, and would, by ditching, 

 become very good meadow land. The river La 

 Tortue winds through the township, and with 

 many smaller streams conveniently waters it ; 

 it is not navigable for boats, but rafts are brought 

 down to La Tortue mills. The eleventh, twelfth, 

 thirteenth, and fourteenth ranges are settled by 

 Canadians, who had their titles originally from 

 Mr. Sanguinet, proprietor of the seigniory of La 

 Salle, under an erroneous belief of the same 

 being within his boundary. About the eighth 

 and ninth range is a small settlement of twelve 

 English families, who have made great progress, 

 and got their farms into a very thriving state, 

 considering how recently they have taken pos- 

 session of them. The road from La Tortue into 

 Hemmingford passes through Sherrington, and 

 there is also another leading by the Douglass 

 settlement. Surrounded as this township is by 

 settlements in a good state of cultivation, and 

 possessing within itself great inducements for 



