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stroyed and abandoned after the capture of the island by the British forces in 1758. The land, which had formerly been overgrown with wood, was overgrown again with thickets of young trees, interspersed with grassy glades. 9“ it 9“ I arrived at the place late in the evening, and it had then a very striking appear- ance. Each family had kindled a large fire near their Wigwams, and round these were assembled groups of figures, whose peculiar national dress added to the singularity of the surrounding scene; con- fused heaps of baggage were everywhere piled toge- ther beside their wild habitations ; and by the num- ber of fires, the whole woods were illumined. At the end of the line of encampment I pitched my own tent, and was surrounded in the morning by a numerous assemblage of people, whose behaviour indicated that they looked to nothing less than a restoration of the happy days of clanship. * * *6 These hardy people thought little of the inconvenience they felt from the slightness of the shelter they put up for themselves.”

His lordship then states numerous difficulties attending the location of the emigrants, and then proceeds :—-“ I could not but regret the time which had been lost; but I had satisfaction in reflecting that the settlers had begun the culture of their farms, with their little capitals unimpaired. it 9* 9“ I quitted the island in September 1803, and after an extensive tour on the continent of America, returned at the end of the same month in the following year. It was with the utmost satisfaction I then found that my plans had been followed up with attention and judg-