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even, and as it approaches the Connecticut ra- 

 ther bearing a mountainous character : several 

 branches of that river, aided by many small 

 streams descending from the high lands, and 

 the lake called Leeches Pond, lying on the 

 American boundary, water it very well. The 

 timber is various, and in general good, consist- 

 ing of maple, beech, oak, birch, pine, ash, be- 

 sides cedar and spruce. In the year 1800 the 

 southern half of the township was granted to 

 James Rankin and others ; but a very small 

 progress has been made towards its settlement : 

 there are indeed a few farms in tolerable good 

 condition, but a population of no more than 

 200 souls is not much calculated to increase 

 the number of them. Roads have been opened 

 leading southward into the state of Vermont, 

 and one to the township of Compton, 



Eaton, in the county of Buckingham, lies 

 between Westbury and Clifton. The land in 

 this tract is of a uniform and favourable quality, 

 generously repaying the farmers, wherever any 

 part of it is under tillage. The timber is more 

 remarkable for its diversity of kind than excel- 

 lence of quality ; among it beech, maple, elm, 

 pine, birch, basswood, spruce, and hemlock 

 are plentiful. It is not watered by any stream 

 of magnitude, but it is intersected by numerous 

 small rivulets and brooks. The westerly half 



