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it lies between Chester and Inverness, bounded 

 on the north-west by Arthabaska and Somer* 

 set, and on the south-east by Wolfestown and 

 Ireland. The land is here excellent and fertile, 

 and would yield abundantly under almost any 

 system of agriculture ; it presents many good 

 situations for hemp and flax : the north-east- 

 erly part, being lov/, has a few swamps, but 

 the>^ might be easily reclaimed by ditching; 

 in the opposite direction it is uneven, and rises 

 as it inclines towards the south : the soil almost 

 every where of the best quality. The kinds of 

 timber are nearly the same as are produced in 

 Wolfestown and Ham. It is watered by some 

 small rivers and streams, and the picturesque 

 little Lake Pitt of about five miles long and 

 half a mile broad, spreading across the seventh, 

 eighth, ninth, and tenth ranges, and commu- 

 nicating by a small channel with Lake William, 

 from whence the waters discharge into the 

 River Bepancour. The south-easterly half of 

 the township has been laid out and granted, 

 but none of it is yet cultivated. Craig's Road 

 passing through a part of it, may be, perhaps, 

 the means of attracting some settlers to its 

 neighbourhood. The principal landholders are 

 the heirs of the late Joseph Frobisher, Esq. 

 p.nd Mrs, Scott and family. 



Chester, in the county of Buckingham, 



