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I historical chronicle. -:-;. :, ...; ,.. ^ ' \y J»fulnersof the fettlement, will entitle utcnfils. for fJ,^ n.:.4 .«,^..r ExlraSl cfa letter from ChebuAo har- bour ^ Nova Scotia, Augufl 17. \ Fter the feveral viciffitudes of fortune, I am arrived at this new fettlement, which far exceeds any idea I could pollibly have of it. At our firil landing in thisharbour, which is the fineft I e- ver faw in the world,we found the place on each fide ar. entire wood, upon a gradual declivity to the (hore^ the trees large and ftanding clofe together, and light fern growing between, the pafTage not interrupted with thorns and briars,as the European woods are, and furnilhed with delicate fprings of water. The air is very temperate, and I believe ex- ceeding healthful . This is the hotteft part ofthe fummer ; the mornings and evenings are delightfully pkafant, and the middle of the day not warmer than I have found it in England. Every bo- dy arrived at prefent have excellent appetites, from the good temperament ofthe air ; which puts me in mind of Itaht and I think tnere is a good pro- fpe^ of its being altogether as fertile, and in time as enchanting to its inhabi- tants. The foil is of the fineft mould I ever faw, capable of producing any thing J and I fancy much lefs dimcuhy will DC met with in clearing the vvoocis than was expefled ; for about two miles from the water-fide, at thefummitof the hill, ^e trees are in general very fmall, and at a dillance from each other ; where there is fine (hooting, viz. plenty of partridges, pigeons, hares, rabbits, and a fort of black game that we meet with in fome parts ot England. I have dined upon a porcupine, that is as de- licious as a young fawn : whether I may venture to do fo on a bear I know not : Some ofthe people have caught feveral young ones. The harbour abounds with fifh of feveral forts, lobfters and mackrel in great quantities, and other fmall fi(h in abundance. There are fe- veral frelh rivers well ftored with fine falmon ; which many have experien- ced, and brought great quantities down to our new town of Halifax : But the abfolute neceffity of every one's alfilling in clearing the ground, does, for tlie prefent, divert them from the employ- ments of fifhing and fliooting, and ob- l^es us to be iatisfied with what a few Indians fupply us with, who come tre- quently to us in their canoes, at reafon. able rates. There is an ifland fituated at the en- trance of the harbour, where a fortifi- cation, I apprehend, will be built, and . will not be unlike the wooden fort at "^ the entrance of the Tagus. We have had various rumours about the number of the/zfrt'M»j,and their moleiling the fet- tlement; but 1 give no credit to it, for I am fatisfied we have fufficient force to Eroteft us. The governor has got the earts ofthe people, by amiable deport- 3 ment, and has taken care of their healths, and fubfiftence as far as pofiible, and to render an uninhabited place as conve- nient to them as is in his power: How- ever, many difficulties muft be encoun- tered within the infancy of iuch an un- dertaking. We lie in tents, and the _ great fogs, frequent in this place, ren- ^ aer it fometimes uncomfortable ; but I do not find it prejudicial to cur healths. The rain falls here pretty heavy ; but tho' we are wet thro' our little fortifica- tions, jret it is not attended with any cold Ihivcring or diibrders whatfocver. The winter is what we have to fear : Dfrom good intelligence it is very feverc, and of long continuance, and we are making preparations for our fecurity a- gainft that inclement feafon. The townlhip is laid out, and an al- lotment of ground is given to every fa- mily ; the fingle people mix togctlicr as they approve tnemfelves. We hope we fliall be able to preferve ourfelves from E the feverity of the weather, by little boarded huts ; but it is fear'd much hard-* fhip muft be endured, the fummer be-' ing too far advanced to do great things' this year. The little knowledge 1 have obtained, in the fliort time we have' been here, ofthe ufefulnefs ofthe place F to England, fatisfies me, that thole gen- tlemen who firft propofed this colony,, and have 16 zealoufly ferved their coun-" try thereby, will reap immortal honour for having fo fingularly diitingnifhed themfelves, and in time will he the au- thors of the happinefs of otliers, who „ might have lived ufelcfs and died mifer-j ^ able at home. Many things to forw^ird; the iuccefs of this undertaking muil bei done by parliament ; but every body! is fo well fatisfied with the gentleman! that governs them, that they have noj doubt but proper rcmonilranccs will come from him, who ihews the greatelU tcudcrnefs ior their welfare; And iliej ui"e- >ffi«^ ifulnefs of the fettlement, will entitle \o the proteiHon of the government, 10 have begun fo glorious a work, for icn potterity muft be ever thankful, ' will be one amongft the many in- ices of his majelly's affedlion for his )jefts. (Seep. 112,408,440.) In the zgth ult. a petition, figned by principal inhabitants of St Clement 'nes, in behalf of the two condemned tters, was prefented to the D. of Neui- •?/