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and some others leading into the neighbouring 

 to wnships, are considerations that, ere long, will 

 have great influence in rendering this a rich, 

 populous, and flourishing part of the district of 

 Three Rivers. Industrious men are not always 

 speculative, but there are inducements here suffi- 

 ciently strong to excite the most parsimonious 

 to extend their views ; while to new settlers a 

 rich and luxuriant soil is presented, that with 

 care and industry, under the guidance of a 

 moderate degree of agricultural skill, will hardl y 

 fail to realize the most flattering expectations : 

 some good corn and saw-mills have been erect- 

 ed already : the present population is about 

 1000 souls. Elmer Gushing and William Ber- 

 nard are the principal proprietors of land in 

 this township. 



Melbourne, in the county of Buckingham, 

 on the west side of the St. Francis, joins Dur- 

 ham on the north-west. The land here is, in 

 general, but little inferior to that in the town- 

 ship of Shipton, and well clothed with good 

 maple, beech, elm, pine, and oak timber; 

 several rivers and streams spread over it in every 

 direction; and after completely answering all 

 the purposes of irrigation, fall into the St. 

 Francis. Large settlements have been made 

 in this township, and considering them as lands 

 but newlv redeemed from the state of nature, 



