any burthen, and sixty miles
farther for small vessels and boats. It is well adapted for
Ship-building, having abundance of excellent timber in its
neighborhood, and several vessels are annually built here for the
merchants of Saint John.

The Nerepis another considerable stream, falls into the Saint John at
the foot of the Long Reach. This river runs a considerable distance
into the country and has a settlement along its banks.

There are two quarries of excellent Plaster of Paris on the river
Kennebeckasis. There is likewise a salt spring in this part of the
country, from which small quantities of salt have been made by the
Indians and Inhabitants settled near the place, which has proved of an
excellent quality for the table, and there can be no doubt of its
possessing valuable medicinal qualities; but no attention has yet been
paid to analyse it. Great quantities of sugar are extracted from the
sugar maple in this county, upwards of ten thousand pounds have been
made in a year, of that valuable article in one Parish.

Several of the Parishes in this county have Churches, some of which
have stated Pastors, and others are supplied occasionally.

SECTION V.

SAINT JOHN.

This County is bounded northerly by a line running East North East, and
West South West, from the southernmost point of the Kennebeckasis
Island. Westwardly by a North line from Point Lepreau. Eastwardly by
Hopewell Township, and on the Southward by the Bay of Fundy. It has
four Parishes. The City of Saint John, Portland, Lancaster, and Saint
Martins. It contains a population of twelve thousand nine hundred and
seven inhabitants. This county has several fine harbors; the principal
of which is the harbor of Saint John, at the mouth of the Saint John
river and which was noticed in the description of the city. This harbor
has a valuable fishery for Salmon, Herring, and Shad. Formerly from two
to three thousand barrels of Shad, twenty thousand barrels of herrings,
and a vast quantity of Salmon were taken here annually; but the fishery
has fallen off very much of late years. A Cod fishery might also be
prosecuted to advantage not far from Partridge Island, but this is
totally neglected. The other harbors are Quaco, Musquash, and Dippoo
harbor, down the Bay, which have nothing particular. They have water
sufficient for vessels of four hundred tons burthen.

The lands, in the county and along the sea-board are not so good for
farming as those in the