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south, and Roxton on the north. The face of 

 the country in this township is uneven, and to- 

 wards the west mountainous ; the soil in most 

 places is exceedingly rich, but the uplands and 

 high ridges are too stony to be of much value: 

 the timber almost universally of the best species. 

 It is watered by several branches of the Ya- 

 maska and other streams, and intersected by 

 many roads communicating with ,the other 

 townships. The south-east part is the best and 

 most populous, where some fine settlements 

 present themselves, that are, to the extent of 

 their cultivation, in a very flourishing state. 

 The banks of the rivers display many good 

 breadths of meadow and grazing land. In the 

 inhabited parts some corn and saw-mills have 

 been erected. The population of the whole 

 township is but small, scarcely exceeding 500 

 souls. 



Stukely, in the county of Richelieu, be- 

 tween ShefFord and Orford, has Ely on the 

 north, and Bolton on the south. Although the 

 surface of this tract is generally uneven and 

 broken, the land in some parts of it is rather 

 above the medium quality. Beech, maple, and 

 bass-wood, with hemlock and cedar in the hol- 

 lows and moist lands, are the prevailing sorts of 

 timber. It is watered by streams falling into 

 the Yamaska, that have their sources among 



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