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this township, than perhaps will be found in any 

 other, connecting it with the surrounding ones, 

 leading through Farnham to the Yamaska, and 

 also to the state of Vermont. The Pike River, 

 and some of the smaller streams, work three or 

 four mills of both sorts. This was the first of 

 the townships erected, in Lower Canada, by 

 letters patent, bearing date in the year 1796; it 

 was granted to the Honourable Thomas Dunn, 

 who is at present the greatest landholder there- 

 in. Nearly the whole of it is settled, and many 

 extensive farms are worthy of notice for their 

 flourisliing and improved state, producing great 

 quantities of wheat, barley, and oats, besides 

 most other articles peculiar to the country ; and 

 in fact the same may be said of the major part 

 of the settlements within it. Perhaps no tract 

 of land of similar extent through the whole of 

 the lower province is better calculated than this 

 for a judicious experimental farmer to demon- 

 strate how much the present stock of agricul- 

 tural knowledge among the Canadian husband- 

 men may be increased. Several pot and pearl- 

 ash manufactories are carried on here. The 

 population is I6OO souls. 



Stanbridge, in the county of Bedford, is 

 situated between Dunham and the seigniories 

 of Sabrevois and Noyan, having St. Armand's 

 on the south, and Farnham on the north. This 



