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riority over all the new townships on this fron- 

 tier, both in the advantages of its locality, the 

 excellence of its soil, and the quality of its tim- 

 ber. There are many large swells of land, some 

 of them of considerable elevation, that are 

 clothed with oak, pine, and nearly all of the 

 best sorts of hard woods ; in the low parts 

 there is great abundance of common timber. 

 Besides Lake Memphremagog and Lake Scas- 

 winepus, it is watered by numerous streams 

 that flow into them, and turn several mills of 

 both sorts. The southerly half of this township, 

 that was granted in the year 1800 to Isaac 

 Ogden, Esq. is well settled and in a very thriv- 

 ing state of cultivation, producing every species 

 of grain pecuhar to the province ; the wheat su- 

 perior in quality to most other parts of it ; many 

 excellent situations and congenial soil offer op- 

 portunities to promote the growth of hemp and 

 flax to almost any extent. The northerly half 

 is not so well settled as the opposite one, but 

 for no other reason than having been granted 

 only in the year 1810, as the land is good, and 

 fit for every species of agriculture. It is the 

 propert}'' of Sir R. S. Milnes, Bart, being a por- 

 tion of 48,000 acres granted to him by the 

 crown, as a special mark of his Majesty^s ap- 

 probation and royal favour for the many import- 

 ant services rendered by him to the province, 



