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Richmond Bay, and twenty-four miles from the north cape of the island. Its harbour is safe and convenient. The lands are well adapted for agriculture; and this place, by its advantageous situation, is well calculated for extensive fishing establishments. The population consists of Acadian French, and some English fami- lies; and the stores, houses, &c., of Mr Hill, the pro- prietor of the surrounding valuable and fertile lands, on the beautiful point at the harbour’s entrance, are most conveniently situated for the trade and fisheries of the Gulf of St Lawrence.

New London, or the district of Grenville Bay, in« cludes the settlements round the bay, and on the rivers that fall into it, and those at the ponds, between the harbour and Allanby Point. On the east lies the very pretty settlement called Cavendish. The har- bour of New London Will not admit vessels requiring more than twelve feet water; otherwise it is safe and convenient. It is formed by a ridge of sandy downs, stretching from Cavendish, four miles across the mouth of Grenville Bay, until it contracts the en- trance on the west side to half a mile. The bar is dangerous ; several vessels have been lost on it, but the crews have neVer perished.

Cape Tryon, three miles to the north, shelters the bar during north-westerly winds. The lands on the west side of this harbour have long been cultivated ; and formerly there were some extensive establish- ments erected here for the purposes of carrying on

the fisheries, but circumstances occurred Which pre- vented their prosperity.