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mills. A few lots, situated by the road side^ 

 contiguous to the river, are settled upon, and 

 agriculture has already made some progress 

 thereon. 



WiCKHAM, in the county of Buckingham, 

 on the west side of the River St. Francis, 

 opposite to Simpson. The interior and rear 

 of this tract are so swampy and thickly covered 

 with cedar, spruce fir, and hemlock, as to be 

 little capable of being converted to any agri- 

 cultural purpose. Near the river, and also 

 drawing towards the townships of Grantham 

 and Dunham, the land is more elevated, con- 

 siderably better in quality, and might soon be 

 made fit for production of most species of 

 grain, and useful for most other purposes of 

 the farm. In these districts the timber con- 

 sists of oak, pine, maple, and beech, each of 

 good dimensions. In the interior there are but 

 a few rivulets, and these very diminutive ; but 

 it has the advantage of being traversed in front 

 by a very beautiful and serpentine course of the 

 St. Francis, that affords complete irrigation to 

 the best lands. In this township, 23,786 acres 

 have been granted to William Lindsay and 

 others; but settlement or clearing any parts 

 of it has scarcely yet commenced. 



Durham, in the county of Buckingham, on 

 the west side of the St. Francis, joins Wickham 



