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with Lake Memphremagog. In every point 

 of view, this is a desirable tract : the land is of 

 an exceeding good quality, and so well varied 

 in the nature of its soil as to answer all the 

 purposes of the farmer; the timber is beech, 

 maple, pine, basswood, and oak. It is watered 

 by some rivers of considerable magnitude 

 branching off into the adjacent townships of 

 Compton, Clifton, and Eaton, that in their 

 course through this one turn several grist and 

 saw-mills. Settlements on a very large scale 

 have been made here, and several farms by the 

 sides of the rivers have attained a degree of 

 flourishing superiority, that shows their im- 

 provement to have been very rapid, as no part of 

 the land was granted prior to the year 1803. 

 The majority of the settlers here, as well as in 

 most of the neighbouring townships, are Ame- 

 ricans, who, since their domiciliation, have taken- 

 the oaths of allegiance to the British Govern- 

 ment : these people are in general very indus- 

 trious and persevering, unquestionably much 

 better managers upon their farms than the Ca- 

 nadians are, particularly when they take the 

 land in a state of nature ; by the system they 

 pursue, a tract of ground from its first clearing 

 becomes fruitful, and turns to account in a 

 much shorter period tlian it would under the 

 hands of provincial farmers ; the latter would 



