HISTORY. 355 that afforded us a singular pleasure; this was a small quantity of wheat he had sown that year, and indeed nothing could be more beautiful than the ears, which were longer and fuller than any I had seen in . " This place took the name of Pool de Naufrage , from a French ship that had been cast away on the coast. The vessel was lost four leagues out at sea ; but a few passengers saved themselves upon the wreck, and were the first that settled at the harbour of Peter's. The coast swarms with all sorts of game, and with a variety of the very best fish." This writer, after briefly describing places at that time settled, namely, Port la Joye, Point Prime, Peter's, Savage Harbour , Fortune, Souris , Matieu, Trois Rivieres, Tracadie , Racico ( Rustico ), Malpec (), Cascampec, Bedec, Rivieres aux Blonds ( Tryon ), Rivieres des Crapauds, and Des Sables, farther observes, " The plantation of this island is of great consequence, as well in regard to the fishery, as to the commerce which the inhabit¬ ants may carry on in the interior parts; but to ren¬ der it more solid and durable, they should attend to the more essential parts, namely, to agriculture, and pasturage, for the breeding and maintaining of all sorts of cattle, and especially sheep : by keeping them together in folds, the upper lands might be improved, and the meadows and corn-fields laid out; from whence the inhabitants would reap a plentiful har¬ vest of all kinds of grain. For if they had but the proper means of making these improvements, their own lands would abundantly supply all their wants,