424 TRAVELS THROUGH LOWER CANADA * 
from the intense cold of the winter season,, 
which appears such an insuperable objection 
to many against settling in Canada. 
This settlement, together with the township 
it is situated upon, are the property of a cler¬ 
gyman formerly resident at Quebec. The 
township is ten miles square, commencing 
where the most remote of the old seigniories 
end, that is, within eighteen miles of the city 
©f Quebec but though within this short dis¬ 
tance of a large city, it was almost totally un¬ 
known until about five or six years ago, when 
the present proprietor, with a party oi Indians 
and a few friends, set out himself to examine 
the quality of the lands. They proved to be 
rich ; the timber was luxuriant; the face of the 
country agreeably diversified with hill and dale, 
interspersed with beautiful lakes, and inter¬ 
sected by rivers and mill streams in every di¬ 
rection. Situated also within six miles of old 
settlements, through which there were establish¬ 
ed roads, being convenient to a market at the 
capital of Canada, and within the reach of so¬ 
ciety at least as agreeable, if not more so, than 
is to be found in all America, nothing.seemed 
wanting to render it an eligible spot for a new 
settlement; accordingly the proprietor made 
application to government; the land was sur¬ 
veyed, the township marked out, and it, was 
