Hampshire, or included in the above mentioned Petition; as some Townships were sup- 'posed to be laid out on the west side of Lake Champlain (altho' there was no other foundation for such a supposition than a Map printed in the Province of Connecticut), I observed the same rule in regard to that part of the Country, notwithstanding there was not the least appearance upon Earth of a survey -having been-made there it is now above two years since I wrote my first letter to the Earl of Shelburne in answer to the Petitions of Robinson and the Society for propagating the Gospel, during which time I have-used every means in my power to carry into execution the plan I had formed by making such a communication with the Provee of Quebec as I have already had the honor of laying before your Lord? but in our present situation every endeavour of mine will be rendered ineffectual, if the Lands on the [East?] side of the Lake are not permitted to be granted, for those tracts which are now in

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the possession of officers and soldiers, not being charged with any quit Rent for the first ten years, remain still in the same _ uncultivated state, as when they [were] first granted, and of course will be always an obstruction to the making of Roads on the side of the Lake till some settlers can be fixed there. Our .precarious communication with the province of Quebec at certain seasons of the year, requirés that the advantage of a Public Road should be procured as soon as possible, but it is not in the power of Man to engage those who proposed settling in those parts in any such undertaking till they have proper titles to their Lands.