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A very small number of settlers have established 

 themselves on the margin of the rivers, upon 

 well chosen spots, where the land is propitious 

 to almost every species of culture ; and so it is 

 upon a great many others that might be selected. 

 In several parts of this township are large ex- 

 tents, producing a fine luxuriant natural grass, 

 that after coming to maturity dries upon the 

 ground, and in that state is but little inferior to 

 good meadow hay. The principal proprietors 

 are the heirs of the original grantee, the late 

 William Grant, Esq. 



Wendover, in the county of Buckingham, 

 has its front on the east bank of the St. Francis, 

 opposite to Grantham ; bounded on the north- 

 west by Courval and the augmentation to Ni- 

 colet, on the south-east by Simpson, and in the 

 rear by waste crown lands. The quality of 

 this tract cannot be highly praised: the land 

 near the river is the best, and will admit of 

 cultivation ; but a short distance from thence 

 it sinks into low deep swamps, where the soil 

 is chiefly yellow sand and gravel ; these extend 

 nearly as far back as the rear boundary, and 

 are overflowed in the spring. On the driest 

 situations the timber is maple, birch, beech, 

 and pine ; in the swamps, hemlock, &c. Two 

 branches of the Nicolet and some other streams 



