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other wholly in Richelieu, reaching along St. 

 Hyacinthe on the west; bounded by Roxton, 

 ShefFord, and part of Farnham on the south, 

 and by Upton on the north. In the former 

 the land is for the most part of a serviceable 

 description, composed principally of a blackish 

 loam, over which, in some places, there is a 

 layer of fine vegetable mould : good crops of 

 wheat and other grain might reasonably be ex- 

 pected from it; many parts are particularly 

 eligible for hemp, and some also for flax. The 

 timber consists of beech, elm, butternut, maple, 

 pine, and a little oak. The lands of Milton are 

 not so good, as they lie much lower, and in 

 many places run into swamps that would re- 

 quire much perseverance in a good system of 

 draining to be rendered of any utilit}^ ; but 

 while there remain so many thousands of acres 

 to be granted, not needing this operation, it is 

 not probable that it will be undertaken here. 

 There is however abundance of very fine grass- 

 land : the timber is a mixture of beech, pine, 

 cedar, and tammarack. The parts of these 

 townships that have been laid out were granted, 

 in 1785, to officers and privates of the British 

 militia, who served during the blockade of 

 Quebec by the Americans in 1775-6. 



Shefford, in the county of Richelieu, be- 

 tween Granby and Stukely, joins Brome on the 



