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the township was originally granted, and who 

 is at present the greatest landholder. 



CoMPTON is situated in the districts of Mont- 

 Teal and Three Rivers, and the counties of 

 Richelieu and Buckingham ; it joins Ascott 

 on the north-west, Barnston and Barford on 

 the south-east, Hatley on the south-west, and 

 Clifton on the north-east : this township is in 

 no respect inferior to Ascott. It has in various 

 parts many wide spreading but gentle rises of 

 most excellent land, thickly covered with pine, 

 maple, and beech timber, of fine quality and 

 large size. It is . completely watered by the 

 Coaticook and Moose rivers ; the former con- 

 necting with Lake Tomefobi, and both with the 

 St. Francis, besides many more inconsiderable 

 streams, in whose vicinity there are some fine 

 breadths of luxuriant meadow and pasture. 

 An industrious population, though not much 

 exceeding 700 souls, inhabits numerous settle- 

 ments on the banks of the rivers, where most 

 of the farms appear to be in a very thriving and 

 excellent condition, generally producing crops 

 of wheat of excellent quahty, and in quantity 

 far beyond the home consumption : many large 

 patches of the land might be very beneficially 

 employed in the culture of flax and hemp. 

 The principal rivers work several mills of both 

 sort-s, and there are some manufactories of pot 



