176 ‘The French in Prince Edward Island 
     
    
   
   
    
     when they are ill; and finally one of them can be chosen 
     
     as their syndic and can assume charge of the com- 
     
     munity, receive orders from him and through him make 
     
     requests for such aid as they shall need in certain 
     
     contingencies. 
     
    

    
     This arrangement can be made by granting to the 
     
     colonists already settled lands of greater depth instead 
     
     of width, as a means of drawing them closer together. 
     
     It is true that if these lands were already cleared, there 
     
     would be a part of these colonists who would be obliged 
     
     to draw near to one another at the spot where it will be 
     
     determined to form the village and to abandon a part 
     
     or even all of what they had already cleared, which will 
     
     cause them grief. M. de Bonnaventure must use his 
     
     judgment in such cases according to the circumstances 
     
     after making personal examination as far as possible or 
     
     examination by Captain Dufresne and Ensign Bosre- 
     
     don, as to the situation chosen and how it will suit to 
     
     form villages in the different parts where habitans have 
     
     been placed. 
     
    

    
     In regard to new colonists who wish to establish them- 
     
     selves on the said island, M. de Bonnaventure will avoid 
     
     inconvenience by placing them immediately in villages 
     
     according to the plan indicated to him. 
     
    

    
     He will have a register made of all the concessions 
     
     already granted. He will pay particular attention to 
     
     the savages, treat them with favor but at the same time 
     
     he will keep them in respect and attachment to the King 
     
     and watch over their conduct. 
     
    

    
     He will have Sieurs Dufresne and Bosredon examine 
     
     the roads from Port La Joye to Three Rivers and from 
     
     Three Rivers to St. Peters and from Three Rivers to 
     
     East Point, which they will repair so that a man on