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the government, and wharfs in front of it : 

 among the inhabitants there are many old Ca- 

 nadian settlers. The fort and military works 

 at this place are very strong; they were taken 

 by the British forces under General Brock in 

 ISIS, when General Hull surrendered himself 

 and his army prisoners of war. The land 

 about the town of Detroit and on the bank of 

 the river is highly fertile, thickly inhabited, 

 and under a very thriving state of culture : the 

 settlements continue closely connected with 

 each other along the western border of Lake 

 Ste. Claire for about twenty miles. On both 

 sides of the River Huron, at its embouchure in 

 the lake, there are a few good settlements, di- 

 stant about thirty-five miles from Detroit. The 

 west bank of the River Ste. Claire is moderately 

 good land, and settlements have been carried 

 as high up as the Belle Riviere, about fifteen 

 miles above the lake, as far as which there is 

 a road all the way from Detroit. Beyond this 

 point cultivation has not been extended, ex- 

 cept a little at the different places where mili- 

 tary or trading establishments are maintained. 



The government of Upper Canada is admi- 

 nistered by a lieutenant-governor (who is almost 

 always a military officer), a legislative council, 

 an executive council, and a house of assembly. 

 The legislative council, according to the act of 

 the British parliament, is to consist of not less 



