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lies between Tingwick and Halifax ; bounded 

 on the north-west by Arthabaska, and on the 

 south-east by Ham and Wolfestown. The 

 land in this township has great advantages in 

 point of locality, with a soil in every respect fit 

 for all the purposes of agriculture, though still 

 remaining unbroken by the plough. The tim- 

 ber is mostly beech, maple, pine, birch, elm, 

 basswood, butternut, cedar, spruce, and hem- 

 lock. It is watered by large branches of the 

 Nicolet and Becancour, that wind through it in 

 various directions. Craig's Road crosses it 

 diagonally. The south-east and north-west 

 quarters have been surveyed and granted ; they 

 are both valuable tracts of land, well meriting 

 attention. The proprietors of one quarter are 

 the heirs of Joseph Frobisher, Esq. and the 

 other belongs to various individuals. 



Warwick, in the county of Buckingham, 

 joins Tingwick on the south-east, Stanfold on 

 the north-west, Kingsey on the south-west, and 

 Arthabaska on the north-east. This is a poor 

 and rather sterile tract, that, excepting the 

 three first ranges, is almost unserviceable, being- 

 rough, broken, and swampy, — defying all the 

 art and labour of industry to give it any va- 

 lue. It is thickly covered with spruce and hem- 

 lock. The tract of waste lands adjoining it on 

 the north-west is of the same description; in 



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