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west, exceedingly well situated in the town-^ 

 ship of the same name, on the north side of 

 an excellent harbour. It is very regularly laid 

 out, with the streets running at right angles, and 

 promises to become a very handsome town. 

 The plot of ground marked out for it extends 

 about a mile and a half along the harbour, 

 but at present the number of houses does noL 

 greatly exceed three hundred, the greatest part 

 of which are built of wood, but there are how- 

 ever many very excellent ones of brick and 

 stone. The public edifices are a government- 

 house, the house of assembly for the provincial 

 parliament, a church, a court-house, and a gaol, 

 with numerous stores and buildings for the va- 

 rious purposes of government. The garrison is 

 situated to the westward of the town, at a mile 

 distance; it consists of barracks for the troops 

 usually stationed here, a residence for the com- 

 manding officer, now most frequently occupied 

 by the lieutenant governor of the province, a 

 battery and two blockhouses, which together 

 protect the entrance of the harbour ; the spaca 

 between the garrison and the town is wholly re- 

 served for the use of government. The harbour 

 of York is nearly circular, and formed by a very 

 narrow peninsula stretching from the western 

 extremity of the township of Scarborough in an 

 oblique direction, for about six miles, and ter- 



