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other grain ; some parts of it are well calculated 

 for hemp and flax, and many others are na- 

 turally tolerably good grass lands. It is well 

 stocked with beech, maple, birch, elm, and 

 other useful timber, besides abundance of 

 wood of inferior quality. It is watered by se- 

 veral branches of the Becancour, by some ri- 

 vulets flowing into the Chaudiere, and by one 

 or two small lakes. The north-west half was 

 granted to H. Jenkins and WiUiam Hall, and 

 is now the property of the latter, who has made 

 some progress in forming a settlement and cul- 

 tivating a part of it: he has also erected some 

 mills. From the settlement to the seigniory of St. 

 Joseph, on the Chaudiere, there is a moderately 

 good road, and another to Craig's Road. 



Tring, in the county of Buckingham, joins 

 the seigniory of Vaudreuil on the north-east, 

 and lies between Broughton and Shenley. This 

 tract of land is, for the greatest part, of a fa- 

 vourable quality and fit for tillage; it would 

 produce grain, and in many places appears to 

 be well adapted to the culture of flax and 

 hemp. The timber is equally good as the 

 land, and much of the best kinds might be 

 collected. It is watered by a chain of five 

 beautiful lakes, that abound with excellent 

 fish ; they discharge their waters into the River 

 Chaudiere, through a stream called the Bras 

 du Sud-Ouest. One half of the township has 



