472 NOTES. himself) iti the way of rations, &c, they nevertheless suffered very great hardships for the first few years, after settling where they now live. " There were some idlers and faint-hearted people," he said, " among us, who left the settlement, but all those who have remained have prospered. I am myself as comfortable as I can be. All my family are married; some of them live with me; others have farms of their own. I have very little to do but enjoy myself among my children and my grandchildren; and although the best years of my manhood were spent fighting for my king, and the greatest part of my life, since that period, has been spent toiling for the support of my family, and for whatever I now pos¬ sess, yet I have great reason," he continued, " to be thankful and grateful to God, in whom I trust for a peaceful and calm retreat, through my declining years, to another world." This is nearly a translation of what he said, but destitute of the force of expression so peculiar to the language in which he spoke,—that of nature. About twenty years ago, a family from Ardnamurchan, among many other emigrants from Argyleshire, settled on a point of land on the north side of Prince Edward Island . This spot possessed not the advantages of marsh, or running streams, which are consi¬ dered of such indispensable importance by all indolent farmers ; but its soil was fertile, and covered with immense trees of birch, beech, and firs; and M'Millan and his family were thrifty, and not afraid of hard work. They are at this day, therefore, as opulent and respectable as any farmers in the colony; the sons and daughters are married, and comfortably settled on their several farms, which they have purchased, and on which they have built good houses, barns, &c. The second son, who occupies the farm they first commenced on, and with whom his parents live, has built a handsome bouse, a large barn, different new outhouses, and has also his lands in a high state of cultivation. His cart, or sledge, appears once a-week, or oftener, in the market of Char¬ lotte Town, with flour, grain, or other produce ; while some old settlers, who have been forty years in the colony, and living on excellent farms, with plenty of marsh and fertile uplands, often come, with a bag under their arm, to buy wheat of Mr M 'Millan, before the month of May. Among the settlers on the townships belonging to Sir James