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and that watered by the branches of the St. John's, it is very desirable that it be completed. The road from the Kennebec through the unsettled country to the north line of the state, is an important avenue through which considerable trade is now carried on with the neighboring province. If this road should be made and kept in good repair, that trade, at present limited in the variety, of its character, would be increased and an additional market would be opened for the produce of the fertile county through which it passes. The value and importance of the tract of country lying within the jurisdiction of this State north east of the head waters of the Penobscot, have until recently, been very imperfectly understood from unquestionable information there remains no doubt that the lands bordering on the Aroostook river and also on the main branch of the St. John's are excellent quality, and that measures may soon be advantageously adopted for their settlement. The plantation at Madawaska, containing already between two and three thousand inhabitants is in a flourishing situation. The soil is uncommonly productive and almost every article raised in the northern states is there cultivated successfully. A road leading from the east branch of the Penobscot, crossing the head waters of the Aroostoock and meeting the St. John's at Fish river, or opposite the mouth of the Madawaska would open a communication