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very low and being extremely swampy, not 

 much of the land is fit for cultivation. It is 

 traversed by some rivers and small streams that 

 fall into the Becancour. One half of this town- 

 ship was granted to the Honourable Jenkin 

 Williams, who is the present holder of it. No 

 attempt has been made to clear it. 



BuLSTRODE, in the county of Buckingham, 

 joins Stanfold on the north-east, Warwick in 

 the rear, and waste lands of the crown on the 

 west. The country hereabout is level and low, 

 with many swamps and numerous bruUs, par- 

 ticularly towards the middle of the township ; 

 near the river, and also inclining towards the 

 limits of Warwick, the land rises a little^ and is 

 of a moderately good quality : the swamps and 

 low lands are in some places of a sandy soil, 

 and in others a black mould* On the highest 

 situation the timber consists of beech, maple, 

 and black birch; in the swamps cedar, hem- 

 lock, and tammarack. The main branch of the 

 Nicolet, and several rivulets running into the 

 Becancour, water it very well. Half of the 

 township has been granted to the late Patrick 

 Langan, Esq., and is now the property of his 

 heirs. No settlements have yet been made. 



Aston, in the county of Buckingham, is situ- 

 ated in the rear of the seigniories of Becancour 

 and Godefroi ; bounded on the north-east by the 



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