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of this township was granted in 1800, to Josiah 

 Sawer and others; of this a great part is now 

 settled. The farms by care and industry ar6 

 brought into good condition, and assume a 

 very flourishing aspect. Several corn and saw- 

 mills have been erected on some of the streams. 

 The inhabitants number about 600. 



Westbury, in the county of Buckingham, 

 is a very small township of a triangular figure, 

 containing no more than 12,262 acres, exclusive 

 of the proportionate reserves, and lying between 

 Stoke, Eaton, Dudswell, and Bury. It was 

 granted in 1804, to the late Honourable Henry 

 Caldwell, receiver-general of Lower Canada, 

 and is now possessed by his son, John Caldwell, 

 Esq. The soil of the westerly part of this tract 

 is favourable to the encouragement of agricul- 

 ture in most of its branches ; but on the eastern 

 side is of a much inferior description, being 

 rough, uneven, and swampy. The timber, par- 

 taking of the quality of the land, consists, on 

 the first part, of very good beech, maple, pine, 

 and birch; inferior kinds only are produced on 

 the latter. The River St. Francis is here navi- 

 gable for canoes and small boats, and by it the 

 logs felled in the adjacent woodlands are floated 

 singly down to the Eaton falls: numerous 

 streams of inconsiderable note fall into that 

 river. A few settlers on the river side have 



