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water it Only a quarter of this township has 

 been yet surveyed, and with the trifling excep- 

 tion of two single lots, none of it settled ; but 

 possibly, as the main road from the St. Law- 

 rence into the United States passes through it, 

 and is likely to become a route of much im- 

 portance, some adventurous cultivators may 

 hereafter be induced to establish themselves 

 in its vicinity. 



Simpson, in the county of Buckingham, 

 lies between Wendover and Kingsey, on the 

 east side of the River St. Francis ; is bounded 

 in the rear by Warwick, and waste lands of the 

 crown. The whole of this tract has been sur- 

 veyed, and granted to officers and privates of 

 the Canadian Militia, who served during the 

 blockade of Quebec, in 1775 and 6. The 

 land is low and level, w^ith very few swamps : 

 it is of a good quality, and if brought under 

 cultivation would produce grain of all sorts; 

 hemp and flax in many places would find a 

 soil highly favourable to their growth. Good 

 timber, principally beech and maple, is found 

 partially, but the kinds of little value are in 

 abundance. It is watered by several branches 

 of the Nicolet, and some small streams that fall 

 into the St. Francis; the former presenting 

 many excellent situations for the erection of 



