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inducements held out to encourage settlers, by 

 granting them a patent for any lots they might 

 occupy, on condition of clearing a certain por- 

 tion of land, and building a house (of timber) 

 of given dimensions contiguous to the road; 

 these terms were accepted only in two or 

 three instances, and even these were of no 

 utility in advancing the work, or of advantage 

 to the individuals who undertook them. At 

 the commencement of the late war very little 

 progress had been made, and since that period 

 110 means have been used to preserve from de- 

 cay that portion of the road that was com- 

 pleted, so that at present it is obstructed by 

 fallen trees, and many other impediments, 

 which render it almost as impracticable as if 

 it still remained a wilderness. The several 

 bridges over the rivers are named after the mili- 

 tary officers who commanded the detachments 

 employed on this service : they also obtained 

 lands adjacent to the road; but military men 

 have seldom the leisure or the means of be- 

 coming permanent cultivators. Such a com- 

 munication would undoubtedly be of immense 

 advantage to this part of the province, and it ^ 

 is to be hoped that, notwithstanding the hitherto 

 unpromising results, the attempt may be again 

 renewed under the immediate sanction of the 

 legislature. One quarter of the township of 



