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Parnham, in the counties of Bedford and 

 Richelieu, extends along Stanbridge and Dun- 

 ham to the south, bounded by the seigniory of 

 St. Hyacinthe and Granby on the north, Mon- 

 noir on the west, and Brome on the east. The 

 land is here of a good quality, generally similar 

 to that of Stanbridge, though perhaps with a 

 greater proportion of indifferent tracts : the 

 north-west has swamps that spread widely. 

 The best is timbered principally with beech, 

 elm, and maple ; on the marshy parts there are 

 the usual inferior species. It is watered by 

 large branches of the river Yamaska, on which 

 there are many corn and saw-mills. Several 

 roads cross it in every direction, besides the 

 two principal ones mentioned in the preceding 

 article. Along the banks of the streams some 

 good patches of settlements shew themselves. 

 Nearly all this township has been granted. In 

 1798, Samuel Gale and others obtained a large 

 portion of it, and still continue the greatest 

 landholders : in 1805, a grant was made to the 

 family of the late Colonel Cuyler; and in 1809 

 the w^esterly part, being the " rest and residue 

 of Farnham,'' was laid out, and 10,176 acres 

 thereof granted to John Allsop, Esq. and others 

 his associates, who still retain the property. 



Granby and Milton: the first in the 

 counties of Bedford and Richelieu, and the 



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