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bisher, Esq., and other landholders in the 

 townships through which it passes : it extends 

 from the bank of the St. Lawrence through the 

 seigniory of St. Gilles, to the township of Ship- 

 ton, from whence a road had already been 

 made to the river St. Francis, and thence to 

 the boundary line. The enterprise did not 

 succeed very well, as Lord's Settlement, in the 

 township of Ireland, was the only one that was 

 attempted. In 1809, during the administration 

 of Sir James Craig, a fresh attempt was made 

 to render the route from Quebec to the fron- 

 tiers commodious and easy ; detachments of 

 troops were employed in clearing and making 

 the road, and in erecting bridges of timber 

 over the rivers wherever they were found neces- 

 sary. The object in view was so far obtained 

 as to enable a stage to travel with tolerable dis- 

 patch, though not without inconvenience to 

 those who availed themselves of its conveyance, 

 from the want of proper places to stop at, and 

 houses for the refreshment of travellers; as there 

 is no accommodation of that kind from the 

 last settlement on the River Beaurivage to the 

 township of Shipton, a distance of about sixty 

 miles. At Kemp's Bridge, Palmer's inn wslb 

 at one time opened; but it neither answered 

 the expectations of the public, nor produced 

 benefit to the proprietor. Notwithstanding the 



