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NOTE TO BOOK II.

NOTE A, page ’74.

THE territory in dispute between Great Britain and the United States is considered to contain about 11,000 square miles, or

7,040,000 acres of land, equal, in point of fertility, valuable timber, and beautiful rivers and streams, to any part of America. Should Great Britain cede this territory, the Americans may, in fact, ask us to make them a present of Cape Breton, which will render them so formidable, that, when it suits them to declare war against us, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland may be with little trouble added to their gigantic possessions.

No man knows the importance of the disputed territory better than the excellent and able governor of New Brunswick, Sir Howard Douglas, who is at present in England, in reference to this great question, which was left to the mediation of his majesty the King of the Netherlands.