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 A GENUINE 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 O F 
 
 NO FA SCO riA: 
 
 CONTAINING, 
 
 A Defcription of its Situation, Air, Climate, 
 Soil and its Produce ; alfo Rivers, Bays, Har- 
 bours, and Fifli, with which they abound 
 in very great Plenty, 
 
 To which is Added, 
 
 His Majefty's PROPOSALS, as "^an Encourage- 
 ment to thofe who are willing to fettle there. 
 
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 LO NDO N Printed : And, 
 
 VUBLlNy Re-printed for Philip Bowes, 
 at the Bible in Church-flreety M dcc l. 
 
 [ Price Two-pence. ] 
 
A GENUINE 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 O F 
 
 NOFA SCOTIA, 
 
 NOVA scot I A is the moft norther- 
 ly, and eafterlyProvince of all the Eng- 
 lijb Range on the Continent, and con- 
 fequently , the nearefl to Europe, 
 It was called Nova Scotia by Sir William 
 Alexander J Secretary of State for Scotland^ un- 
 der King James I. and afterwards created Earl 
 of Siirlingt, By Means of Sir Firdinando Gorge^ 
 Prefident of the New- England or Plymouth Com- 
 pany, he obtained a Royal Grant for this Traft 
 in 1 62 1. When the French got Poffeflion of 
 it, they called it VAccadie, in Allufion to Ar* 
 cadia in the Grecian Peloponnefus \ but with what 
 Propriety I cannot pretend to determine. 
 
 A very exaft geographical Defcription of a 
 rude uncultivated Country is not to be expei5ted : 
 But the Boundaries of this are not difficult to 
 fettle, as it is on three Sides furroundfed by the 
 River of St. Laurence^ the Gulph of the fame 
 Name, the Gut of Canfo Cape Sable Shore on the 
 Atlantick Ocean, and the Bay of Fund;^, The 
 Divifion from New-England has been fometimes 
 laicl down by the Courfe of St, John\ River, 
 which rifing from the Lady Mountains^ at 
 no great Diftancc from the River ©f St. Lau- 
 
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 fence, has a long fouth-eafterly Coiirfe into the 
 Bay of Fulidy. But a late Order of Council fixes 
 the Boundary at the River of Holy Crojsy which 
 falls into the Bay more on the South. 
 
 ^cva Scotia extends betwixt 60 and 66 De- 
 grees Weft Longitude from London, and 41 i 
 and 49 'i Latitude North. Annapolis Royal, at 
 prefent the only Fortrefs in the Country, ftands 
 in Lat. almoft 44 Degrees 40 M. Weft Long, 
 about ^5. The fouth-eaftern Part is a large 
 Peninfula, extending from South-weft toNorth- 
 eaft, and joined to the Main- land by an Ifth- 
 mus a little above the Gut of Canfo. 
 
 The French, fince the Property of this Coun- 
 try has been vefted in the Englifh, affe(5t to con- 
 fine the Name o^ Acadia to the Peninfula only ; 
 But their own Maps made before the Ceflion of 
 this Province, give it the l^imits we have now 
 afTigned. I will add, that the Words of the 
 Treaty do not contraiflit within narrower Limits 
 than were before allowed to Arcadia. 
 
 According to this Defcription, Nova Scotia 
 will be found to contain about 420 Miles in 
 Length, and 380 in Breadth ; which is an Ex- 
 tent of Land much larger than that of Old 
 Scotland, or North Britain, 
 
 As to the Climate, it is not, indeed, fo agrec- 
 ble as in the foutlvern Pars oi France, tho' fitu- 
 ated in the fame Degrees of Latitude, becaule 
 it is fubjed to fevere Colds, and thick Fogs ; 
 but it would certainly grow better and better 
 every Day, in Proportion as the Woods are cut 
 down, and the Country cleared and improved ; 
 and when the Country to the North of it comes 
 to be a little inhabited and cleared, it may, per- 
 haps, become one of the pleafanteft Spots upon 
 the Globe 5 for, according to Charlevoix's Ac- 
 count 
 
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 ii Bxes 
 which 
 
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 (lands 
 
 Long. 
 
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 ^Jorth- 
 
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 jfllon of 
 ve now 
 of the 
 • Limits 
 
 1 Scotia 
 
 Vliles in 
 
 an Ex- 
 
 of Old 
 
 3 agree- 
 bo* fitu- 
 becaufe 
 : Fogs ; 
 d better 
 ; are cut 
 proved ; 
 it comes 
 ay, par- 
 ts upon 
 /.v's Ac- 
 count 
 
 count, there is not a Country in the World cf 
 its Extent, where we meet with finer natural 
 Harbours, or which more abundantly produ- 
 ceth all the Conveniences of Life. In Confir- 
 mation of which he fays, that near the Harbour 
 of La Halve, one fingle Grain of Wheat produ- 
 ced 150 pretty Ears of Corn, and each of them 
 fo loaded with Grain, that they were forced to 
 inclofe all the Ears in a Ring of Iron, and fup- 
 port them by a Pole j and that near the fame 
 Place there was a Field of Wheat, where every 
 Grain of the Seed, even thofe that produced the 
 lead, put forth eight Stalks, every one of which 
 had an Ear of at lead half a Foot long. In fhorc» 
 fays he, thare is no where to be feen more beau- 
 tiful Forefts, or Forefts that produce Timber 
 more proper (or the Building of Ships. And be» 
 fides thefe Advantages, which are to be met with 
 on the Surface, there are, 'tis faid, in the Bowels 
 of this Peninfula, feveral Mines of Copper and of 
 Coal ; but as they have great Plenty of Wood 
 for firing, they have no Occafion to fearch or 
 dig for the latter, and 'till the Country is fully 
 inhabited, they can make no Ufe of the former. 
 Then as to that Sort of Provifions, which may 
 be got without any Induftry, no Country in the 
 World abounds more than this. In their Forefts 
 there is an infinite Number of wild Beafts, fuch 
 as Beavers, Elks, Bears, Otters, and Hares ; 
 and of wild Fowl, fuch as Buftards, or wild 
 Turkeys, Partridges, Ducks, Teal, 6fr. and their 
 Rivers fwarm with ail Sorts of Frelh- Water 
 Fifh, particularly Salmon and Trout -, but what 
 is of the greateft Conft-quence, 15 the rich Fifhe- 
 ry upon the Coaft, which abounds with Cod, 
 Makarel, Herrings, Pilchards, Sturgeon, and fe- 
 veral other Sorts ©f Filh, befide great Numbers 
 
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 oF Sea-calves and Whales; and thisFifliery might 
 be the more eafily carried on, becaufe the Coaft 
 is full of natural Harbours, many of which are 
 fit for receiving the largeft Veffcls, and might 
 be eafily fortified. 
 
 Nova Scotia has many Rivers, fome of them 
 now navigated for a long Courfe by the Natives. 
 But for Bays, Harbours, and convenient Creeks, 
 it is inferior to no Country in the known World. 
 The Cape Sable Shore, which lies next to the fifh- 
 ing Banks, is peculiarly happy in this Refpe<^. 
 
 The Bay of ChebuSlo, and the River that falls 
 into it, bid fair, in the Opinion of fome, to be- 
 come, in time, the principal Voxt oi Nova Sco- 
 tia, and the Seat of its Metropolis. There is, 
 over Land, good Communication by Wheel -car- 
 riage with the Bay of Minas, at prefent the chief 
 Settlement of the French, with the Rivers of Ctf- 
 hiiquid and Pijaquid, and the beft eafterly Parts 
 of the Province. It is true, Annapolis Royal lies 
 upon a fine Bafon, and is more commodious for 
 large inland Vent and Confumption : But the 
 Country round it is bad, and the Tides of the 
 Bay of Fundy render the Navigation difficult. 
 
 Upon the oppofite, or wefterly Shore of the 
 Bay of Fundy, are the Rivers of Pafamaquady and 
 Holy Crofs, being about 17 Leagues N. W. from 
 the Gut or Entrance of the Bafon of Annapolis, 
 The River of Holy Crofs, or St, Croix, (as the 
 French call it) was the old Boundary laid down 
 htimxi Nova Scotia Government and Sagadobock, 
 formerly the Duke of Tork^s Property, but now 
 annexed to the New England Government of 
 MaJTachu[ei*s Bay, 
 
 further northward, upon this Shore is the Ri- 
 ver of St, John, 10 Leagacs diftant from the 
 Gut of Annapolis, This is a very ufeful River, 
 
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 6F long Cour(b and has a conf Jerable Tribe of 
 the Abnaqui Indians fettled upon it : But they 
 are at prefent, from the Negleft of the Nova 
 Scotia Government, in the Intereft of the Cana' 
 dan French. There are prodigious Falls of 
 Tides in this River, near its Mouth, of not lefs 
 than 30 Fathom *, not properly Cataradls occa- 
 fioned by a Courfe over Rocks, but the EfFeft of 
 the great Head of Water above, the Channel be- 
 ing here pent up betwixt two fteep Mountains. 
 By this River, and the Help of fome Land-car- 
 riage, there is a Communication with the River 
 of St, Laurence, and a-crofs that with ^uebecky 
 the Metropolis of Canada, 
 
 More Northerly is Cape Dor^, or Gilt Cape^ 
 about 30 Leagues from Annapolis, Here is plen- 
 ty of mineral Coal for Firing, which muft be 
 efleemed a very great natural Advantage. Some 
 Years ago a Company was fet on Foot in New 
 Englandy in order to work thefe Mines : But 
 tho* that Projeft was foon dropped with Lofs, 
 a better Ufe will, doubtlefs, be made of this 
 Treafure, when Nova Scotia itfelf comes to be 
 inliabited. About the fame Cape are fome flen- 
 der Veins of Copper Ore, fome thin Laminae of 
 Virgin Copper, and a Gold Sulphur Marcalite. 
 
 Upon the Eafterly Shore, or Gulph of St. Lau- 
 rence, after we are pad the Point, is the Gut of 
 Canfo, and a (hort and fafe PalTage from the 
 Britiflj Settlements to Canada River, and to all 
 the other Pons of Nova Scotia on this Gulph. 
 This Gut is fix Leagues long, and only one League 
 broad : The Navigation of it is very good, as 
 appears from the Journals of Captain Gayton, 
 who paffed it in 1746, on a Cruize to (Sreen 
 Bay. 
 
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 Twenty -five Leagues beyond the Gut is T<i- 
 tamaganahoUy a confiderable Dillrid or Settle- 
 ment of the Neva-Scfitiam, and a good Road for 
 Vcffels. 
 
 Green Bay^ or Bay Verte^ lies 14 Leagues far- 
 ther, and is (hallow Water. This is the Land- 
 ing-place from Canada^ where Didurbance from 
 the French is chiefly to be apprehended, and 
 ought peculiarly to be guarded againd in the 
 Settlement of Nova Scotia, There are only four 
 Miles Land -carriage from this Bay to CbigneSlo 
 River, which runs by the French Town of the 
 fame Name into the oppofite Bay, dividing the 
 ifthmus in the narroweii Part. It is proper here 
 to take Notice, that on the fide of CbigneSlo 
 Bay the Tide flows 1 1 Fathom : But on the 
 Gulph of St, Laurence^ or Green Bay Side, the 
 Swell is not above 4 or 5 Feet. 
 . Farther upwards, before we reach Ifle Bona^ 
 venture and IQe Perce •, where the French^ by tlie 
 Treaty of Utrecht^ have a right to cure and dry 
 Cod-fifh, we come to Miramicbi Port, at the 
 Mouth of a long River of the fame Name, 
 where I do not find any Settlement. There are 
 ibme other fmall Bays betwixt this and that of 
 Cb^leurs (fo called by the French) which runs a 
 ^eat way into the L^nd, and has a fmall Ifland 
 at the Bottom of it, befides feveral others near 
 the Entrance. Then proceeding towards the Ri- 
 ver of St. Laurence, below the South Entrance 
 of that River, lies the Bay of Gajpee, which is a 
 deep and good Harbour. Here the French, con- 
 trary to Treaty, have continued to carry on their 
 Fifliery, and pretend to aflume to themfelves 
 a Right over the Country behind it, which they 
 diftinguifli in their modern Maps by the Name 
 of Gafpefie. This Name they do indeed fome- 
 
 times 
 
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 Settlc- 
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 in the 
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 QbigneSlo 
 on the 
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 Bona' 
 6, by the 
 
 and dry 
 t, at the 
 e Name, 
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 i that of 
 ch runs a 
 lall Ifland 
 thers near 
 ds the Ri- 
 
 Entrance 
 which is a 
 •ench^ con- 
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 hemfelvcs 
 rhifih they 
 the Name 
 leed fome- 
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 times extend fo far, as to take off the greateft 
 Part of Nova Scotia^ and leave us little, if any 
 thing, more under the Title of Accadie, than the 
 Feninfula before-mentioned. Such a Paper En- 
 croachment, if not well-attended to, may, m time, 
 be conflrued into a fort of Claim by Prefcription : 
 But as this Province is now thought worthy the 
 Regard of the Adminiftration *, it is to be ho- 
 ped the true and ancient Limits of it will be pro- 
 perly alTerted : For tho' we may not fuddenly 
 fettle more of it than the Peninfula, yet an In- 
 dulgence CO our Rivals, in the other Parts, will 
 be a great Check to the Induilry of our new 
 Colonians. 
 
 Nova Scotia is at prefent divided into ten or 
 twelve Diftridts. Eich Diftridl annually chufes 
 one Deputy to be approved by the Commander 
 and Council at Annapolis : He is a fort of A- 
 gent for his Countrymen, the French^ in that 
 Diftridt, and reports the State of it from Time 
 to Time \ but in what Manner we need not be 
 at a Lofs to determine. There is, in FatSb, no 
 CivilTower, cither legidative or executive. The 
 French Miflfionaries, who are not only appointed 
 by the Bifliop of Quebeck^ but abfolutely under 
 his Direction in their fcveral Diftridks and Vil- 
 lages, a£fc as the fole Magiftrates or Juftices of 
 the Peace : But all Complaints may, if the 
 Parties think proper, be brought before the 
 Commander in Chief and Council at Annapolis : 
 A Liberty, which, if we confider the State of 
 thefe People, end their Prejudices to the Englifit 
 we may be certain is not often made Ufe of. 
 
 Sable Idand, as it lies within the Latitude of 
 the Cape Sable Shore, muO: be deemed within 
 
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 * See the Propofalfof eftahlifljing a Civil Government thcre^ 
 emdfor the better peopling and fettling the /aid Privincet in the 
 Lond. Mag. for Majrch 1 749. 
 
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 the Jurifdidtion of the Province di Nova Scotia, 
 It is 35 Leagues S. E. from Canfo to the Middle 
 of this Ifland, which lies low, with fmall rifing 
 Elevations of Sand, called Downs. The Form 
 of it is like an Arm bent, the hollow Part to- 
 wards the N. E. The Bite to the Northwards 
 is about 20 Miles in Length, and narrow. By 
 reafon of Shoals of Sand, fmall Tides of only 
 five or 6 Feet, and a great Surf, it is inaccefli- 
 ble, except in this Bitt, where Boats may 
 land. It has been fatal to Ships, and formerly 
 fome People of Humanity put Cattle a-(hore to 
 breed on it, for the Relief of thofe, who might 
 have the Misfortune to be there call away. Thefe 
 Cattle, by multiplying a-pace, fully anfwered, 
 for fome Time, that Benevolent and Chriftian 
 Purpofe : But at laft, fome wicked People from 
 the New England Continent, guided by the mofl: 
 brutal Motives, fitted out an Expedition againft 
 the poor Animals, and deftroy'd the whole Race 
 of them, for the Lucre of their Hides and Tallow. 
 There are on this Ifland abundance of Foxes 
 and Seals, and fome Pieces of Handing Water. 
 The Snows fall heavily here in the Winter, but 
 lie not long on the Ground. 
 
 7o this Account we fhall add the following Pajfage 
 from the Old England Journalift, who^ after ap- 
 f lauding the Scheme, now going to be executed, of 
 fettling Nova Scotia, and erecting a Civil Go- 
 vernment there ', fhewing the ttrrilleConfe^uences 
 of a Military Government, and feverely con- 
 demning the iniquitous Practices offucb as would 
 wake a Private Jobb of every laudable Under' 
 taking for the Publick Good ; goes on thus : 
 
 WE are not to forget, that thefe new Ad- 
 venturers will be altogether free from the 
 
 Difficulties, 
 
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Scotia. 
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 Tallow. 
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 ter, but 
 
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 ^fequences 
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 new M- 
 rom the 
 Bcultiesy 
 
 Difficulties, which ufualiy attend others in the 
 like Circumftances. They are not going in 
 fearch of an unknown Country to fettle in : No 
 hew Seas to explore, or untrodden Climates to 
 rifle the'r Healths in : No inhabitants to fight 
 with and drive away ; and very little, if any, In- 
 certainty to encounter with. On the contrary, they 
 fet out for a Country long (ince difcovered, well 
 known,'and familiar to many among us, within 
 the moderate Diftance of fix Weeks fail from 
 London ; in a great meafure fettled and peopled 
 already with Europeans^ to the Number of 7 or 
 8000, and confeqnently improved in feme Pro- 
 portion : A wholfome Climate, well agreeing 
 with a Britifh Conftitution •, abounding with all 
 Neceflaries of Life, the Seas and Rivers with 
 Stores of excellent Fifh, and the Woods with 
 Plenty of winged Creatures and Quadrupedes fit 
 for the Table : The Soil very capable of Im- 
 provement, infomuch, that the Hufcandman and 
 the Fifherman may well vie with one another 
 for Succefs in their refpeftive Vocations, and fet 
 their Induftry in Competition, to attain a grate- 
 ful Retreat for the Decline of Life. 
 
 'Tis true, the prefent Nova-Scotians (except 
 the Garifon of Annapolis, and a few Miles about 
 that Town) are Defcendants of thofe French In- 
 habitants, who became fubjeifl to the Britijh 
 Crown, when that Country was ceded to us by 
 the Peace of Utrecht. This, with their being 
 profefs'd Roman Caiholicks, inclines them of 
 Courfe to the Intereft of France, which they 
 have adhered to from the Beginning, andaflifted 
 in all Enterprizes upon thatCountry. They joined 
 in their late Deftrudlion of Canfo, and likewife in 
 an unfuccefsful Siege of Annapolis. They corref- 
 ponded with the Gallo- Bretons at Lmjhourg, and 
 
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 trinfported their Cattle to them, which rendered 
 Provifidns very dear at Annapolis and Canjo. 
 
 As they are naturally attached to our Enemies, 
 they will of Courfc efpoufe their Caufe, and take 
 every Opportunity to join them, and fupport 
 their Intereft. This is the only Inconvenience, 
 that, in all Appearance, will afFcft our own Peo- 
 ple ; and is really fo great as to require the In- 
 terpofition and Wifdom of the Lcgiflature to re- 
 medy. The uncharitablenefs of their Religion, 
 and the Craftinefs of their Priefts, will, I doubt, 
 render a Coalition impradticable ; more efpcci- 
 ally, as Cape Breton i^ fo near, which, while 
 it continues French^ will always encourage them 
 to keep up a Spirit of Oppofition and Diflike. 
 To difpoflefs them would not, perhaps, be fo 
 unjuft as unpolitick -, for thofe who forfeit their 
 Allegiance, forfeit the Proteftion of the Govern- 
 ment they are under; and W they a£t as Enemies, 
 they ought to be treated as fuch : But the Mif- 
 chief of difpoffelTing them, is, that it would be 
 an unpopular Tranfaftion, and againft the Faith 
 of Treaties, and muft inevitably embroil us 
 with France, who undoubtedly have a Right to 
 fuccour them, in Virtue of the Treaty oWtrecht, 
 But that is not all ; for as the Country wants In- 
 habitants, the Lofs of fo many would become in 
 a manner irreparable, as a Country is reckon'd 
 wealthy in Proportion to the Number of the 
 the People. 
 
 This is a very nice Affair, and requires delibe- 
 rate Attention. Varieties of Religions are pro- 
 du(Slive of various Evils, Diflike, Murmur, En- 
 mity and Malice •, and yet we find the Penjylva- 
 nians live in great Amity together, notwithftand- 
 ing their various Ways of Worfhip, and the Pro- 
 feflions of all the Religions in Europe among 
 
 them. 
 
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 them. Thefe People entertain a laudable and re- 
 ligious Charity towards one another, and confi- 
 der, that tho* they fFer in Form, they are all 
 in Motion towards .He fame Point •, and who 
 worfhips in Sincerity in any Way whatfoever, is 
 cfteemed a good Man and honeO: Neighbour. 
 If it were prafticable to bring over the Gallo-Sco- 
 tians into a Senfibility of univerfal Charity in 
 Religion, like the wife People of Penfylvania^ 
 and to entertain a good Opinion of Britijh Go- 
 vernment, Nova Scotia would become altogether 
 as happy. But how to effed it, is the great Point 
 to be confidered. I own I defpair of Succefs, as 
 well from the Tenets of their Religion, and their 
 natural Propenfion to France^ as from the Vicini- 
 ty of the French Garifon at Cape Breton^ which 
 will always countenance and fupport their Sepa- 
 ration : But however if they continue untrafta- 
 ble and carry on an illicit Commerce and Corref- 
 pondence with their Countrymen, fo as to difturb 
 or prejudice the Peace and Welfare of the Co- 
 lony, I fee no Reafon why they fliould not be 
 put under the Reftraint of fuch Laws, as may 
 reduce them into proper Obedience, and the 
 Condition of Hewers of Wood and "Drawers of 
 Water ^ under the natural Subjeds of the Mother- 
 Country. 
 
 As, from the Civil Government which is to be 
 cftabliflied, I have a high Opinion of the Under- 
 taking in Agitation, I (hall appropriate a compe- 
 tent Number of my Eyes * to watch over and 
 guard it againft Jobbers of all Kinds \ and as 
 long as old Argus writes, it (hall never want a 
 Friend to deteft and expofe their Praftices, 
 
 PRO- 
 
 7he Writer of this Journal //7^j himftlf hx^% CentocuK. 
 
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 [ 14 ] 
 PROPOSALS. 
 
 Wbitebalit March 7, 1748-9. 
 
 APropofal having been prefented unto His 
 Majcfty, for the eftablifhing a Civil Go- 
 vernment in the Province oi Nova Scotia in North 
 jimerica, as alfo for the better peopling and fet- 
 tl^.ng the faid Province, and extending and im- 
 proving the Fifliery thereof, by granting Lands 
 within the fame, and giving other Encourage-* 
 ments to fuch of the Officers and private Men 
 lately difmifled his Majefty's Land and Sea-fer- 
 vice, as (hall be willing to fettle in the faid Pro- 
 vince *, and his Majefty having (ignified his Royal 
 Approbation of the Purport of the faid Propo- 
 fals, the Right Hon. the Lords Commiflioners 
 for Trade and Plantations, do, by his Majefty's 
 Command, give Notice, That proper Encou- 
 ragement will be given to fuch of the Officers 
 and private Men, lately difmifTed his Maje(ly*s 
 Land and Sea-fervice, as are willing to accept of 
 Grants of Land, and to fettle with or without Fa^ 
 milies, in the Province of Nova Scotia, 
 
 That 50 Acres of Land will be granted in Fee 
 Simple, to every private Soldier or Seaman, free 
 from the Payment of any Quit-rents or Taxes, 
 for the Term of ten Years ; at the Expiration 
 whereof, no Perfon to pay more than i i.per^ft' 
 num for every f o Acres fo granted. 
 
 That a Grant of 10 Acres, over and above the 
 faid f ©Acres, will be made to each private Soldier 
 or Seaman having a Family, for every Perfon, 
 including Women and Children, of which hisFa- 
 mily fhall confifl \ and further Grants made to 
 them, on the like Conditions, as their Families 
 fhall increafe, or in Proportion to their Abilities 
 to cultivate the fame. That 
 
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 That 80 Acres, on like Conditions, will be 
 granted to every Officer, under the Rank of En- 
 fign in the Land-fervice, and that of Lieutenant 
 in the Sea-fervice, and to fuch as have Families 
 1 5 Acres over and above the faid 80 Acres, for 
 every Perfon of which their Families fliall confift. 
 
 That 200 Acres on like Conditions, will be 
 granted to every Enfign, 300 to every Lieutenant, 
 400 to every Captain, and 600 to every Officer a- 
 bove the Rank of Captain in the Land-fervice ; as 
 alfo the like Quantity of 400 Acres and on the like 
 Conditions, to every Lieutenant in the Sea-fer- 
 vice, and 600 Acres to every Captain 5 and to 
 fuch of the above-mentioned Officers as have Fa- 
 milies, a further Grant of 30 Acres will be made, 
 over and above their refpeftive Quotas, for every 
 Perfon of which their Families fliall confift, 
 
 That the Lands will be parcelled out to the 
 Settlers, as foon as poffible, after their Arrival, 
 and a Civil Government eftablifiied ; whereby 
 they will enjoy all the Liberties, Privileges and 
 Immunities, enjoyed by his Majefty's Subjeds in 
 any other of the Colonies and Plantations in Ame^ 
 rica, under his Majefty's Government ; and pro- 
 per Meafures will alfo be taken for their Security 
 and Proreftion. 
 
 That all fuch as are willing to accept of the 
 above Propofals, fliall, with their Families be fub- 
 fifted during their Paflage, as alfo for the Space 
 of 1 2 Months after their Arrival. 
 
 That they fliall be furniflied with Arms and 
 Ammunition, as far as will be judged neceflary 
 for their Defence, with a proper Quantity of Ma- 
 terials and Utenfils for Hufljandry, clearing and 
 cultivating their Lands, creeling Habitations, 
 carrying on the Fifliery, and fuch other Purpofes 
 as ihall be neceflary for their Support. 
 
 That 
 
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 That all fuch Perfons as are defirous of enga- 
 ging in the above Settlement do tranfmit, by 
 Letter, or perfonally give in their Names, figni- 
 fying in what Regiment or Company, or on 
 Board what Ship, they lad ferved ; and if they 
 have Families, what Number of Perfons belong- 
 ing to fuch Families they intend to carry with 
 them, diftinguiftiing the Age and Quality of 
 each Perfon, to any of the following Officers ap- 
 pointed to receive and enter the fame in Books 
 open for that Purpofe, Viz. 
 
 JobnPownall, Efq; Solicitor and Clerk of the 
 Reports to the Lords Commiflioners for 
 Trade and Plantations, at their Office at 
 WbitebalL 
 
 John Ruffely Efqi Commiflioner of his Ma- 
 jefty's Navy at Portfinoutb, 
 
 Pbilip Vanhurgby Efq; Commiflioncr of his 
 Majefty's Navy at Plymouth, 
 
 That, for the Benefit of the Settlement, the 
 fame Conditions which are propofed to private 
 Soldiers and Seamen, ihall likewife be granted 
 to Carpenters, Shipwrights, Smiths, Mafons, 
 Joyners, Brickmakers, Bricklayers, and all other 
 Artificers, neceffary in Building or Hufbandry, 
 not being private Soldiers or Seamen. 
 
 That the fame Conditions, as are propofed to 
 thofe who have ferved in the Capacity ef En- 
 fign, fhall extend to all Surgeons, whether they 
 have been in his Majefty's Service or not, upon 
 their producing proper Certificates of their being 
 duly qualified. 
 
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