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east, Eaton on the north, and Barford and 

 Hereford on the south. The surface of the 

 land is tolerably level, except in the vicinity 

 of the rivers, where there is an easy rise and 

 fall, that forms rather an agreeable diversity ; 

 the quality of it is unexceptionable, and would 

 produce grain of every kind abundantly. Some 

 swamps covered with cedar and black ash 

 spread in different directions, but they are 

 such as might be drained with the greatest 

 facility. The timber is spruce, beech, ash, 

 maple, birch, and basswood ; the spruce greatly 

 predominating. It is watered by two or three 

 rivers, and numerous less considerable streams, 

 all of which ultimately fall into the St. Francis ; 

 on the fifth range there is a small lake. 

 Though large grants of land have been made 

 in this township to several persons since the 

 year 1799? they have attracted but few settlers ; 

 the inconsiderable cultivation that has taken 

 place is toward the boundary of Compton. 

 The population does not exceed 100 souls. 



Hereford, in the county of Buckingham, 

 has Clifton and Auckland on the north, Bar- 

 ford on the west, Drayton on the east, and the 

 boundary of the province on the south. The 

 greater part of this township may be called fair 

 good land, and generally applicable to any 

 kind of agriculture ; the surface of it is un- 



