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is watered by part of the Rivifere du Chene, and 

 some small streams. In the first and second 

 ranges of concessions, there are a few farms in 

 a very improved state. The church of St. 

 Pierre, the parsonage, and a chapel, are si- 

 tuated on the bank of the St. Lawrence, 

 along which the main road passes. 



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Grantham, on the west side of the St. 

 Francis, in the county of Buckingham, is 

 bounded by Upton on the west and north- 

 w^estj and Wickham on the south. On the 

 bank of the river the ground is high, but 

 broken by several deep ravines ; in other direc- 

 tions it is considerably lower, and very level. 

 The soil almost every where is good, being, on 

 the uplands, either a yellow or a blackish loam 

 with sand below it ; in other situations it is 

 more incorporated with sand. The timb eron 

 the land contiguous to the river is birch, pine, 

 maple, elm, beech, basswood, and iron wood ; 

 cedar, fir, and tammarack, are abundant in 

 the inferior parts. The Black River, with a 

 few other streams, water it, and present many 

 excellent situations for the erection of mills. 



