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settlers, it is likely to become in a few years a 

 very fertile and valuable tract. The principal 

 landowners are the Lord Bishop of Quebec, the 

 Honourable F. Baby, and Mr. M' Galium of 

 Quebec, who has acquired his proportion from 

 the Honourable John Young. 



Sutton is situated on the province line, in 

 the county of Bedford, having the seigniory of 

 St. Armand on the west, the township of Potton 

 on the east, and that of Brome on the north. 

 It consists of very good land, generally speaking, 

 on which cultivation in every branch might be 

 carried on to advantage, except on some few 

 marshy parts, but which could easily be drained, 

 and would then become very good meadow 

 land. The timber is chiefly ash, elm, maple, 

 and beech; and on the low parts, the species 

 usually found on wet soils, as cedar, spruce fir, 

 hemlock, &c. It is watered by the River Mis- 

 sissqui, that crosses the south-east corner of it, 

 and by many small rivers ; several roads have 

 opened in different directions towards Mississ- 

 qui bay, the other townships, and the state of 

 Vermont. In this township settlements to a 

 large extent have been made, and agriculture 

 appears to be carried on with a spirit that pro- 

 mises both an increase in tillage and improve- 

 ment in method ; on the streams that intersect 

 the cultivated parts there are two grist and 



