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.

The accounts which have been given to me of the falls on the Connecticut River vary so much, as there objects are seen in different lights by different people, that I. was determined to see them myself, and in expectation of receiving His Maj'ys commands relative to that part of the Country had made the necessary preparation for my expedition, by ordering some Boats to be built in the uppermost inhabited Township on that River. My intention was to have taken a view of the whole stream from Newberry to the Massachusetts line, and to have made an attempt to render those falls and rapids (if possible) less dangerous and inconvenient for the floating of Timber down, for, I have been informed, that several Masts have been so far shattered either by the mismanagement of the Conductors or by choosing improper seasons for such a work, as to be totally - unfit for service. As the Province of New Hampshire is equally interested in the improvement of this Navigation, Mt Wentworth has declared his readiness to cooperate with me in any plan which could made it a public. benefit, and I only waited for your Lordps orders to empower me to proceed in this undertaking.