Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-01-31

lie course ot the Ntct1S liver W N"e
North West angle, is nor;hwestwardiy and
pursues that general conIst, from the best
authorities to the river ST. Lawrence.
The land on the enthusiastically side rises
in a northwestwafdiy direction, and mhny
streams are found running rapidly from 1t
on the one hand into the Metls aud ST.
Lawrence. and on the other into the Kat
awa,nkedgwic river and Atlantic 0cean,-
On the Northeaserly side OF the Neiis a
range of high and mountainous land Is seen
extending IN a N. N. w. and S. 5. +, d.
rection for several miles. The whole re-
pion, rs has been before shown, Is very
hirh aud elevated above the leyet of III"
sea, and not only that, II Is very much eie-
waited above the streams which run through
il. We also find bv our exploration and
examination, that there IL no uncertainty
or difficulty in tracing aud locating the linz
from the Nor,h West angle of Nova SEQ
tia wesiwardly along distinct hi.hlanis
which divide the river &c rs described in
the treaty Of
The soil in the region round about the
Moth West angle of Nova Scotia and on
the line, appears 10 he of excellent quality,
covered with heavy growth of fir. spru' g,
yellow, black, and white birch, mountain
ash, cherry trees and very few pines. In
some places the hard wood predominateS,
but more generally the evergreen, par
ticularly in the valies. The soil is fee
from stones, of any considerable size, and
rocks AMI lodges, none appearing above
the surface. and where trees have hecn
Turned up bv the wind, the soil appears To
be Of reddish color, in which are inter-
mixed fragments Of reddish and stone and
slate
TIL. land on the river ST. John and its
tributaries is also Of excellent quality; the
soil is generally of deep rich loan and
free from stones the ridges or sne.ls OF
land are covered with heavy growth OF
timber. Bat few inhabitants are settled
upon it, perhaps three thousand or iherea-
bouts, and where they cultivate it. their la
Dor is ai,uadantly rewarded, in the large
crops of wheat, barley, buckwheat, oais. pn-
tatoes, hay, &c. Its great free dom from
stones renders the cultivation easy. Pine
.imh is abundant on the river ST. John
and its branches, all Of which are navigab!e
for the transportation of supplies and the
driving of logs nearly to their sources, and
there il also an abundance of water pow er
for mills. The resources of the country
are great whether its soil or its timber be
considered no equal portion of the State
bears any comparison to it, and mere than
one half OF the whole pine timber in the
State is upon it.
1t my be worthy Of passing remark.
that the Southeasterly lake at the head OF
the Alagnlsh river is higher, probably thir-
II feet, than lake opposite called Web
IL, ,,C n
branches of the east branch Of Pcnobscnt
river. The distance from lake TO lake, Is
half mile, the lanu is low, and to every
appearance a canal may be cut across al a
small expense. ia dam were to be bnIlt
al the outlet ofthe Bamchenungemook lake.
and a canal cut. the timber. from great
tract, which abounds in excellent pine TIM
Der, may be sent down the Pcnobscot NV
err
The Metis river limited the explorations
10 the Northward, and when the oxpI'ra-
lions in that region were interrupted by the
weather. and could not be continued iorthe
want Of provisions the exploration was con-
tinusd South towards the monument. exam
iniug and ascertaininI The cou's" the ex-
poring line was.rin, and tie magnetic va
Ration and l"ngtnde.
The exploring line run IN , ~ ana 1918,
uud r the 9th n,tri' Of (Ih.ni, Is wei -
nough run and marked for the purpose tar
which II was intended. no, being inifnded
to be The permanent line. The II ,fi-a sac
cession Of slight curves. moi var, inv mnc!i
from trae meridian The SURVEYORS IN
1917 and 1913, ascertained the magnetic
variation at the monument, the DE Chute,
Aroosto"k, Ristigouche, Memptcook, or
Little Forks, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ar Great
Forks and at the Metls riyer. They he
gan tneir survey with abont ID deg. vdra-
zion. aud en- led with aboat II deg. 4ln.-
The westerly variation, has increased, ard
is now, at the northwest angle, 10 deg IL
III. nr1rly.
O, the man accompanying This Trpor'.
tn. Commissioners have endravnred to give
true denaatinn oil the eafni"s oi the
eau,try, its livers and IN ,nnlaiIs, "a Tar as
thy Gnu d from flIrir own rSptnrai ms, and
other explorations AMI surveys. The rivrr
St. j ll,n and rs principle branches II" lad
down fran explota IONS and surveys the
F,sh, .Arens,,,'; and Pen ,b,c,h rivers and
thelrl,raaches from ihc surveys "a Tar as
they have been made by Mass ,chuse',s,
and nla:ae and Massachusetts. The
bea.!' of some % the westerly branches Of
she Fish ard Asoos'ook rivers, aud the
hrpnrhes Of the a!'iyulsa. are tlkrn from
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