-Island
runs parallel with Major's Island. It is small and forms shoals near it
which impede the navigation. There are also shoals at the Oromocto,
which are nearly impassable for large vessels in the dry part of the
season.

SECTION III.

QUEEN'S.

This County joins Sunbury on the N.W. Charlotte on the S.W.
Northumberland on the N.E. and King's on the S.E. It lies on both sides
of the river Saint John, and contains four Parishes, with a population
of 4,741 inhabitants.

This is a good county for stock, having a number of fine Islands within
its limits. The inhabitants are principally agriculturalists who have
well improved farms and good stocks of cattle. The land is of an
excellent quality and in general well cultivated. The soil along the
bank of the river in the Parish of Waterborough is equalled by none in
the Province for fertility. As the country descends to the Jemseg, the
rich sediment deposited by the annual overflowing of the river,
produces the most luxuriant vegetation, and although the farmer can
seldom commence his labours till June, yet so productive is the soil,
that in a few weeks the county exhibits the most exuberant vegetation.
Indian corn flourishes in this Parish in the highest perfection: the
soil being a light rich loam and the country level so as to receive the
full effect of the sun. Small grain, grass, and roots are also produced
here in the greatest abundance. Indeed a more fertile district can
scarcely be conceived than the land from Maugerville to the Jemseg. The
observations that were made about the road through Maugerville and
Sheffield mill likewise apply here, very little attention having of
late been paid to them, and it is probable that the statute labor is
but seldom fully performed in any of those Parishes. There is a
convenient Chapel belonging to the Baptists in Waterborough, which has
a stated minister and numerous congregation.--After crossing the
Jemseg, the country rises, and the Parish of Wickham exhibits some well
improved farms in pleasant and sightly situations. The Grand Lake, the
largest body of inland water in the Province, lies back of
Waterborough. It is nearly thirty miles long, and from three to nine
wide. A large stream called Salmon River, falls into it near the head.
This stream is well timbered with pine. A short portage leads from this
stream to the waters communicating with the river Miramichi. This lake
discharges its waters into the Saint John, by a