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of Quinte, a range of one hundred and seventy 

 miles, in which are contained the towns of King- 

 ston, Johnstown, and Cornwall ; Fort Welling- 

 ton, the Mohawk village, Brockville, and se- 

 veral smaller villages ; besides a continuation 

 of houses, (many of them spacious and w^ell 

 built) and farms by the side of the main road, 

 as well as the other roads that lead to the inte- 

 rior settlements. Great industry and attention 

 to improvement are displayed upon most of the 

 lands throughout this tract ; the roads that were 

 formerly made have been gradually rendered 

 sound and good, and many new ones con- 

 structed ; bridges have been thrown across the 

 rivers, and various communications both by 

 land and water opened to the interior ; indeed 

 various indications of a flourishing and accele- 

 rated progress are apparent in almost every 

 direction. Of the towns just mentioned, Corn- 

 wall, lying about five miles above St. Regis, 

 and Johnstown, three miles east of Fort Wel- 

 lington, contain each from sixty to seventy 

 houses, built of wood, with a church, court- 

 house, &c. ; they stand close to the River St. 

 Lawrence; the ground planned out for each is 

 a mile square. Fort Wellington, formerly called 

 Prescott, is situated directly opposite to the 

 American town and fort of Ogdensburgh,. or 

 Oswegatchie, as it used to be named ; between 



