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throughout is exceedingly rocky, and its banks, in many places, particularly at the falls and principal rapids, consists chiefly of rock; it does not overflow its banks, which are generally quite bold. The valley of the Menomonee, contains much good land, and is, in the main, much better than is generally supposed-The country adjacent to the upper part of the Menomonee for about thirty miles on both sides, has an exceedingly desolate appearance; all the timber which was once pine has been consumed by fire, as far as the eye could reach on every side. The prospect is one of a broken landscape of barron hills studded here and there with charred pine stubs, with scarce a living tree except the second growth of white birch and poplar. The soil of the hills is rocky and unfit for cultivation." The following is a list of the principal falls and rapid-for further information in relation to them refer to their names in their proper alphebetical order: Within the burnt district there are two [falls] perpendicular falls about a mile apart, and about nine feet in height-at the [foot] termination of that district is the Big Quinnesec falls. For some

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