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remarkably fertile country, for about forty 

 miles, and wholly unobstructed by falls ; also 

 the Ouse or Grand River, a stream of much 

 greater magnitude, rising in the interior of the 

 country, towards Lake Huron, and after wind- 

 ing a long and picturesque course, falls into 

 Lake Erie ; across its mouth there is a barj but 

 always with eight feet water upon it : it is na- 

 vigable for small vessels from the Lake many 

 miles upwardsj and for boats to a much greater 

 distance. The land through the whole of this 

 last mentioned district is uncommonly rich and 

 fertile, with a considerable portion of very 

 flourishing settlements upon it. From the 

 river Ouse, proceeding along the shore of Lake 

 Erie, up to the Lake and River St. Claire, the 

 whole space is extremely even, with scarcely a 

 league of it but what displays excellent situa- 

 tions for settlements, and in spots where the 

 land is already under tillage, finer crops or more 

 thriving farms are not to be met with in any 

 part of either province. The portion of the 

 western district lying between Lake Erie and 

 Lake Ste. Claire is perhaps the most delightful 

 spot of all the province; the fertility of the 

 soil, the richly diversified and luxuriant beauties 

 that every where court the view, the abundant 

 variety of excellent fish that teem in the rivers, 

 and the profusion of game of different species 



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