and pearl-ash. Through the most cultivated 

 parts of the township, roads have been opened 

 and bridges thrown over the rivers, that are 

 each kept in good repair, by which a com- 

 munication is formed with the main road 

 to Quebec, and with the state of Vermont. 

 Among the inhabitants there are a few traders 

 and artisans, who, in following their respective 

 avocations, occasion something like the first 

 rudiments of commerce, and confer a little 

 importance upon this increasing settlement 

 among the neighbouring ones. This township 

 was erected by patent in 1802, when 26,460 

 acres were granted to Jesse Pennoyer, Esq., 

 and several associates, much of which was 

 immediately cleared, and is, in fact, the part 

 that is now the best settled and cultivated; 

 the greatest portion of this grant is at present 

 held by various settlers, M. Pennoyer having 

 retained no more tjian a sufficiency for his own 

 use. In the year 1810, 13,110 acres in the 

 easterly part were granted to Sir Rob. S. Milnes, 

 Bart. Within this tract several lots are now in 

 an advanced state of cultivation : indeed, from 

 the general quality of the soil, by a little in- 

 dustry and good management, the whole might 

 be turned to a very profitable account. 



Clifton, in the county of Buckingham, 

 joins Compton on the west, Auckland on the 



