19 employed by Captain Holland , and I can see no reason why they should expect to be put on a footing with his other assistants in regard to pay. From this part of your letter I take occasion to recommend to you in the strongest terms, to maintain perfect harmony with Captain Holland , to look upon yourself as a joint labourer with him, and to suffer no such distraction as ship's duty and surveyor's duty to exist, but one and all, with heart and hand, to pursue a cause which is so much the object of His Majesty's attention and care." This excellent advice gave great satisfaction to the Chief Surveyor and had its intended effect upon the Canceaux's commander, for shortly after this letter arrived, the former writes of the latter, "who upon an eclaircissement with me seems now to be better acquainted with the nature of the service he is sent upon," and on another occasion that, "he and the gentlemen under his command gave all the assistance in their power and were moreover assiduous in their branch of business." Lord Colville promised to send from Halifax in the spring a small schooner and boats for the service, so that Captain Holland could look forward to a good summer's work. In the meantime, however, he had to provide winter quarters for his party. On October 28th (1764), he writes, "winter is set in," and on November 14th, "I was in hopes of finding a lodging in the fort, or in some deserted houses near it, but , as they call it, is only a poor stockaded redoubt, with barracks scarcely sufficient to lodge the garrison and the houses that were near it were all pulled down to get material to build it." He had arranged that two of the gentlemen were "to remain on board of the Canceanx for the winter, which is now unrigged and laid up in a cove (Canseau Cove no doubt) a mile distant from the fort, where she is entirely out of danger from the ice doing her the least harm by driving upon her when it breaks up in the spring." For himself and the rest of his party he was obliged to build a house, and accordingly chose "a spot in the woods near the seashore," about a mile below the fort, "properly situated for making astronomical observations." This place, which he named Observation Cove, is now called Holland Cove . Here he "put up an old frame of a barn, which he covered with materials brought with him from Quebec and some boards collected from the ruins of some old houses." He says, "I have no assistance from the ship (Canceaux). I have been obliged to apply to for some men to assist me in surveying, and now getting my winter quarters ready." Owing to the want of many materials and the delay caused by continued bad weather, it was the 8th Decem¬ ber before they could move into the house. Heated by stoves brought with them from Quebec , and having plenty of firewood near, it turned out to be more comfortable than was at first expected. The worst consequences were that it cost him £60 or $300. In a letter to the Earl of Hillsborough in November, Captain Holland gives his impressions of the island, that "if encouraged by his Lordship it will become a very valuable settlement^ as its now the finest and best island in the Gulf "bt St . LawrenceJL_andjgroduces very good wheat, oats, barley, etc., and "thlTpartI_haY£._seen _jg orleof the -finest-grass counties I have met with, by which great quantity of cattle may be raised, that he-found but one gentleman who had made any improvement which was Lieutenant Burns , of the 45th Regiment . He Fad~conveyed hisfamily and servants to the Island, being at a considerable expense in building a house and barn, also stocking a