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is scarcely surpassed in goodness upon any 

 tract of the province. Numerous gradual rises 

 in several parts of the township are peculiarly 

 fit for such productions as require a rich dry 

 soil. The timber is beech, oak, maple, birch, 

 and pine, intermixed with great abundance of 

 inferior kinds. It is exceedingly well watered 

 by a large branch of the Nicolet, and by several 

 small rivulets that rise in the uplands, and after 

 winding very sinuous courses, descend into the 

 St. Francis. Agriculture is pursued here with 

 great attention, and over a large extent of land : 

 the farms are dispersed on the banks of the St. 

 Francis, the Nicolet, and the rivulets, many of 

 them displaying an advanced state of improve- 

 ment. The Nicolet is navigable for boats and 

 scows from hence to the St. Lawrence, and, with 

 the St. Francis, furnishes water conveyance from 

 nearly every part of the township ; by which 

 routes large quantities of pot and pearl ash, 

 made here, are transported to Quebec. Besides 

 these means of sending its surplus produce to 

 market, there is also the advantage ofCraigs 

 Road passing nearly through the middle of it; 

 that certainly, and at no very distant period, is 

 destined to be the direct communication be- 

 tween the capital of Canada and the United 

 States : the main road on the east side of the St. 

 Francis to the St. Lawrence, as before noticed. 



