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Les diagrammes suivsnts illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 «M ilc .t« w air iitt iiti (A-\ (^ -•> ( --^S^ V, v^-v \4r: I •Letter from Nova Scotia. 295 IS l- it e e I old fort there, with a very little expended might have been repaired into a defenii- ble fort. Upon a feeminK coniiroM* tion of this report, Capr. Rfiiu, in the Albany floop ot war, was fent thither to )f ^ know the truth ef it ; and with orders, as is fuppofi^d, to difpoflefs them : Qa his return we found that the French had attempted nothing near the mouth of the river ; bat that they were about to fecure themfelves at fome coniiderable diitance from it, at a place the Frentb governor claimed as a (outhern bouoda- B TY of Canada or Nno France. Thia b<{- ing in a country inhabited by Indians, and the navigation of the river being unknown to mod of the Englijb, no- thing farther could then be done. In September or OSlober following Monf. le Ccrneva experienced French officer, at the head of 70 regular troops, C and a party of Canada irregulars, was fent to take poll at the illhmus of 0}ig- neiiOf being about 40 leagues ea^ward of that river, and of^the extent of a line they claim, from lake Cbamplain to the weltward on the back of Neto England, to the gulch of St Lawrence. To this V place the Indians reforted, to the nuip- ber 'of 300 ; who fixing here their head quarters, made ieveral incurfions upon the peninfula iince ; but have fel- dom done any mifchief . As the Nova Scotia French in that part of the province are the mod dilaiieAed of any, and have always behaved wvh contempt to the Britijb government, tho^ poifefled of • very fine country^ Governor Cornteailis, who had indulg- ed them ^ a long term of deliberation in regard to the taking the oaths to |iis majelty, to no purpofe, leat a 'Irong party, confilting ot near 500 troops and rangers (to take pofFeffiun of O>tgne£lo, and to break up the lendczvoub of the French and Indians) commanded by Ma- jor Lawrence of tVarburtoh'i regimept. The Albany floop, and feveral (loops and Ichooncrs, were fent round to Ni- nas, where the forces embarked on the zoih of y^nV, and arriving fafe, landed »«//«» Nova Scotia', communicated h t^tx. Chigne£io the 23d. On their ap- t^e Puiiiuk by a Merchant, to Jupplf proach to the town, which conhlled of the defehs and errors of other accounts, abouc 140 houfes and two churches, the W HE ^f the fleet from £»;e/tfW /W/rf»i, probably induced by the fri-wr^ arrived here latt fummer, it was commandant, reduced the whole to B ifxtrafl ef a Letter from a Per/on of [reported that the French governor of Cd/}<7<^ had pofted a detachment, con- I jEiftjug of an o^cer and fixty regular ' liroops, at St jobn't river on the north fide of the bay of Fundy, and in the peart 0^ this prpyince ; This was more aflies in a few hours, and the inha^ji- tjints croflTing the river, threw them- felves under his prote^lion, on what they call the French iide of the line. The reafon alTigned for their burning the town is, that it flood on firouna {bc^ plcf^r^d »t jprckot to (»U ^nflij/:. •H ^ \'li^ ■ f. hi 1" i !> M v»'v I: I 5^; ^ 296 Charagfer of the Lite JFar.- A J many of the inhabitarts had ta- ■ ken arm% making their uni.ed force confilt (ai ihey fay) of near 1500 armed ratn, the major fent a flag of trgce (they Laving hoilled a French flag) to know the reafon of their ading in this hoftile manner, and alterwards had an inter- . view with M. U Cerne ; upon which our forces reimbarked, and are fafeiy returned to Minas, What pailed at this interview is not made puuhck, but it is probable the e- nemy were too well fecured, and |had too great a fuperiority, to make an ac- tetnpt pradicable. 3 This line, which the French would now extend their claim to, will range ■ eafterly from Oocw/w^/ ne !y in the - latitude of A4 deg. 30 minutes ; w9di ' will not only cutoiF fome millions of acres, the ilidifpatable property of the . JV£W-£*^/(»»d? colonies ; but falling into J • place called Penobfcut B/iy, gives the ^• French near three quarters of AicaJia, or Nova Scetia, according to its ever known and acknowledged boundaries, «nd above 100 leagues of fitie fea coitl, > covered with innumerable iflands, fine > harbours andhihing banks, that will in time of war put it in their power to cut I <■' oiFthe whole trade of the northern co- lonies, ruin the lettlement we are mak- • ' ing, and beggcr the whole continent ; • betides furniimng them with a fertile » Country covered with an inexhaullible ' ftock of trees and timber, for building ' and mailing their navy ; and appears r> , " to me of much more corfequence to the ': nation, than the fcorched neutial iflaiicis oiTolt.ige, St Lucia, &c. > mm ^^tu tm f » > ' I .S.L . - .. ^-.»-w'*«'- ■ fi