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convenience of good roads is afforded in every di* 

 rection. The main one, from the eastward^ lead-- 

 ing to the town of William Henry, crosses the 

 Yamaska at a ferry, just above la PetitelsleTon- 

 nancour: the price of passage is three-pence 

 each person, six-pence for a horse, and one shil- 

 ling for a carriage. A grist-mill and a wind-mill 

 are near the ferry. In front of the seigniory are 

 the Isles du Moine, aux Raisins, and some others ; 

 in the month of the river is the large island St. 

 Jean, entirely covered with wood, some of it 

 of good quality. The bays beforementioned 

 yield a great variety of fine fish, and along their 

 shores game of several sorts is found in abun- 

 dance. The river Yamaska admits of inland 

 navigation of some importance for batteaux and 

 rafts : its medium breadth is about 400 yards. 

 Its sources are in the high lands about the 

 townshipsof Bolton andBrome ; the currentis also 

 supplied by some of the large lakes in the same 

 neighbourhood: one large branch of it crosses 

 the township of Farnham, and another, at about 

 22r miles further on, diverges into the adjoining 

 townships : from thence it pursues a north or 

 north-westerly direction to Lake St. Peter; the 

 whole of its course is about 90 miles. As the 

 new townships in this part of the province 

 become more populous, and the increase of 

 agriculture furnishes produce beyond their own 



