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large rivers to the northward, from those flow- 

 ing into Lake Memphremagog and the Mississ- 

 qui in the opposite direction. The lands on the 

 low parts are tolerably good, but those to the 

 eastward are the best, whereon there are some 

 fine settlements, well cultivated and producing 

 every sort of grain. On the streams that in- 

 tersect this part are several corn and grist-mills. 

 Some tolerably good roads have also been 

 opened into the other townships. The popula- 

 tion is not very great, being about 800 souls. 



Brome, in the county of Richelieu, is next 

 to Bolton, and joins Dunham and Farnham on 

 the west, Sutton on the south, and ShefFord on 

 the north. Some part of the land in this town- 

 ship is good, but the other is so mountainous 

 and rocky as to be unfit for culture. The best 

 kind will produce grain of most sorts ; hemp 

 and flax might also be grown in several places. 

 On the north-west side, where it is rugged and 

 high, some good timber is to be found, and also 

 great quantities of a very good species of iron- 

 ore. Near Lake Brome, about nine miles in 

 circumference, a few settlements have been 

 made, that afford a favourable specimen of 

 what may be done, upon the lands that are at 

 all susceptible of tillage. Several small rivers 

 fall into the lake, upon which some grist and 



