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tection to the recesses of more distant forests. 

 In this village there is a church and a parson- 

 age-house, at which the missionary, who super- 

 intends the religious concerns of the tribe, al- 

 ways resides. An interpreter also has a per- 

 manent residence among them. There are se- 

 veral roads leading through this property; the 

 main one, from the eastward to William Henry, 

 crosses the river at a ferry by the Abenaqui 

 village, where three-pence is paid for each per- 

 son, and one shilling for a horse and carriage. 

 The river St. Francis is another of the commu- 

 nications b}^ which a considerable and increas- 

 ing traffic is carried on with the southern town- 

 ships, and also with the United States. The 

 navigation of it is difficult and exceedingly la- 

 borious, owing to the great number of violent 

 rapids and falls that occur in its course; but 

 as it presents a direct route for sending the pro- 

 duce of these districts to a certain market, these 

 obstacles are resolutely overcome by the in- 

 dustrious settlers on each side of the boundaries, 

 and large quantities of pot and pearl-ashes, 

 and various other commodities, are every sum- 

 mer brought down by it into the St. Lawrence 

 for Quebec. Great quantities of British manu- 

 factured goods are also sent upwards to the 

 States. The source of the St. Francis is a large 

 lake of the same name, lying in the townships 



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