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others in numbers, are found from almost every county in England ; Scotchmen, who form more than half of the whole population, from the Highlands, Hebrides, and the southern counties ; Irishmen from different parts of the Emerald Isle; American loyal- ists , and a few Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. The whole population may be estimated at thirty-five thousand.

The English settlers, although for some time dis- contented with their condition, are generally found to thrive, particularly those from Yorkshire ; and they are much more attentive to in-door comfort and clean- liness than most other new settlers.

The Highland Scotch, particularly those who settled fist in the colony, and their descendants, are exceedingly regardless of domestic cleanliness or neat- ness, while they are at the same time in much better circumstances than they would be in their native country. The Lowland Scotch make probably the @Jettlers, at least those who have during late years removed to the island may be considered so ; and the Perthshire Highlanders, as well as those sent to the colony by the late Earl of Selkirk, may also be classed among the most thriying part of the popu- lation. The American loyalists, who removed to the island after the revolutionary war, are generally most industrious in their occupations ; and «although fre- quently, in consequence of following too many pur- suits, not so substantial in their means as those who live by farming alone, yet they have, with few excep- tions, good houses, and live very comfortably. They