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viewed with serious attention by the British 

 Government, particularly when it is accom- 

 panied b}^ the consideration, that by such a 

 road the distance from Hallowell on the Ken- 

 nebec, from whence the navigation for vessels 

 of large burthen is uninterrupted to the sea, 

 up to Quebec, is no more than two hundred 

 miles; and from Boston to the same place, 

 only three hundred and seventy miles. The 

 views of the United States with respect to 

 Canada have been too unequivocally demon- 

 strated to leave a shadow of uncertainty as 

 to their ultimate object ; and as the preserva- 

 tion of this valuable colony has always been 

 deemed worthy of our strenuous efforts, we 

 cannot be too much on our guard against the 

 slow working policy by which that government 

 endeavours to compass its ends, or too heedful 

 in adopting precautionary measures to avert a 

 threatening danger, however remote it may at 

 first appear. 



Tilly, or St. Antoine (the seigniory of), 

 on the south side of the St. Lawrence, and in 

 the county of Buckingham, is bounded on the 

 east by Lauzon, on the west by Desplaines, 

 in front by the river, and in the rear by the 

 seigniory of Gaspe; a league and a half in 

 breadth by a similar depth : it was granted 

 October 29th, 1672, to Sieur de Villieu, and is 

 now the property of Noel, Esq. 



